A rule of law for our new age of anxiety / Stephen J Toope.
2023
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Title
A rule of law for our new age of anxiety / Stephen J Toope.
Imprint
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2023.
Description
1 online resource (xv, 293 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
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Introduction
Our age of anxiety
Populism and nationalism
The confounding diversity of globalisation
The rise of disruptive technologies and dominating platforms
Practical wisdom and pragmatism
Social practices, background knowledge and law
The bases of law and challenges to legalism
Interactional law and the rule of law
Lawyers, practice and legal education
Conclusion : that a beginning be made.
Our age of anxiety
Populism and nationalism
The confounding diversity of globalisation
The rise of disruptive technologies and dominating platforms
Practical wisdom and pragmatism
Social practices, background knowledge and law
The bases of law and challenges to legalism
Interactional law and the rule of law
Lawyers, practice and legal education
Conclusion : that a beginning be made.
Summary
Taking Auden's Age of Anxiety as a leitmotiv and drawing on literature from law, philosophy, political theory, international relations, and sociology, Toope argues with passion that a renewed faith in the rule of law can address troubling developments in our own anxious times: populist nationalism; globalisation; and disruptive technologies with their dominating platforms. We can address anxiety by bolstering social resilience, drawing upon a plural intellectual heritage. That heritage reveals a unique type of 'authority' in society, 'epistemic practical authority' built up continuously through social discourse and action, shifting focus from the state of 'being' to the dynamic of 'becoming.' What is law's role in this world? The modest, yet powerful, version of the rule of law advocated here is one that draws on a wellspring of practical wisdom - prudence gleaned from pragmatic experience. It chastens power, while not disconnecting law from other sources of social action and human agency.
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Cambridge Books Online.
Language
English
ISBN
9781009299435 (ebook)
9781009299459 (hardback)
9781009299442 (paperback)
9781009299459 (hardback)
9781009299442 (paperback)
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