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Democracy and the rule of law / edited by José Mariá Maravall, Adam Przeworski. - Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2003. - xi, 321 p. ; 24 cm. - Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy . - Cambridge studies in the theory of democracy. .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Lineages of the rule of law / Stephen Holmes -- Power, rules, and compliance / Ignacio Sánchez-Cuenca -- Obedience and obligation in the Rechtsstaat / Michel Troper -- A postscript to "Political foundations of democracy and the rule of law" / Barry R. Weingast -- Why do political parties obey results of elections / Adam Przeworski -- The majoritarian reading of the rule of law / Roberto Gargarella / How can the rule of law rule : cost imposition through decentralized mechanisms / Catalina Smulovitz -- Dictatorship and the rule of law : rules and military power in Pinochet's Chile / Robert Barros -- Courts as an instrument of horizontal accountability : the case of latin Europe / Carlo Guarnieri -- Rule of democracy and rule of law / John Ferejohn and Pasquale Pasquino -- The rule of law as a political weapon / José María Maravall -- The rule of law and the problem of legal reform in Michel de Montaigne's Essais / Biancamaria Fontana.

Addressing why governments sometimes follow the law and other times choose to evade the law, this work defends a positive interpretation where the rule of law results from the strategic choices of relevant actors.

ISBN: 0521825598 9780521825597

LCCN: 2002035189

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA3-W4976

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Rule of law--Congresses.
Democracy--Congresses.
Règle de droit--Congrès.
Démocratie--Congrès.

LC Class. No.: K3171 / .A6

Dewey Class. No.: 340/.11