| Article | After the Short Twentieth Century: the Global Career of the Rule of Law |
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| Authors |
Krygier M.
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| Name of magazine | Scientific journal «Philosophy of Law and General Theory of Law» (Ukrainian language) |
| Issue | 2 / 2013 |
| Pages | 155 - 175 |
| Annotation | Why is the rule of law such a hot topic today all around the world? This article suggests that: 1) the global career of the concept only began late last century, because the ideological conflict between communism and liberal capitalism left no space for it earlier; 2) space became available for rhetoric of the rule of law to emerge because of ideological exhaustion late in that century; 3) Its career soared after and because of the ignominious and complete end of European communism and apparent triumph of liberal democracy; 4) However, that was not the «end of history» — either in general or for the global career of the rule of law. The article ends with a few conjectures on developments that might shape the future of that career. |
| Keywords | Rule of Law, Human Rights, communism, liberalism, ideological exhaustion, apolitical politics, global '89, moral minimalism, end of history, no one's world. |
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