The rule of law in the modern European state: Oakeshott and the enlargement of Europe

European Journal of Political Theory

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 89-107

  Boucher, David ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arbitrary rule; Authority; Civil association; European enlargement; Freedom; Functioning judiciary; Human rights; Law and morality; Rule of law

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248040108     PISSN: 14748851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1474885105048051     Document Type: Article

References (61)

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2. David Boucher and Paul Kelly (1994) 'The Social Contract and its Critics', in David Boucher and Paul Kelly (eds) The Social Contract from Hobbes to Rawls, pp. 10-11. London: Routledge.
3. Also see R.W. and A.J. Carlyle (1970) A History of Medieval Theory in the West, vol. 3, p. 150. Edinburgh: Blackwood.
4. Cary J. Nederman and Kate Landon Forhan (1993) 'Introduction', in Nederman and Forhan (eds) Medieval Political Theory: A Reader, pp. 12-13. London: Routledge.
5. Michael Oakeshott (1975) On Human Conduct, p. 6. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
6. Onora O'Neill (1996) Towards Justice and Virtue: A Constructive Account of Practical Reasoning, p. 40. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
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8. Oakeshott (n. 4), p. 109.
9. Onora Oneill, Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Problems, Ibid.
10. Onora Oneill, Moral Philosophy and Contemporary Problems, Ibid. p. 120.
11. Anthony Pagden (2002) 'Europe: Conceptualising a Continent', in Anthony Pagden (ed.) The Idea of Europe from Antiquity to the European Union, p. 42. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
12. Michael Oakeshott, untitled lectures on the History of Political Thought, lecture XIII, 'The Political Experience of the Romans', Oakeshott Papers, British Library of Political Science, London School of Economics, OAKESHOTT 1/1/21, 19600-19700.
13. Oakeshott, untitled lectures on the History of Political Thought, Oakeshott Papers, op. cit., lecture XIV, 'Roman Political Thought (ii)', p. 2.
14. Oakeshott Papers, Ibid. p. 8.
15. Oakeshott, untitled lectures on the History of Political Thought, Oakeshott Papers, op. cit., lecture XV, 'Roman Political Thought (iii)', p. 6.
16. Maurizio Viroli (2002) Republicanism, p. 67. New York: Hill & Wang.
17. Maurizio Viroli , Republicanism, Ibid. p. 7.
18. Maurizio Viroli , Republicanism, Ibid. p. 8.
19. Maurizio Viroli , Republicanism, Ibid. p. 10.
20. Richard Bellamy (2003) 'The Rule of Law', in Richard Bellamy and Andrew Mason (eds) Political Concepts, p. 119. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
21. Michael Oakeshott (1939-40) 'The Claims of Polities', Scrutiny 8: 146.
22. Michael Oakeshott, Scrutiny, Ibid. p. 147.
23. Bellamy (n. 19), p. 120.
24. Richard B. Friedman (1992) 'What is a Non-Instrumental Law?', Political Science Reviewer 21: 90.
25. Michael Oakeshott (1991) Rationalism in Politics and Other Essays, p. 54. Indianapolis: Liberty Fund.
26. Michael Oakeshott (1975) 'The Vocabulary of a Modern European State', Political Studies 23: 340.
27. Michael Oakeshott, Political Studies, Ibid. p. 340.
28. Oakeshott (n. 4), p. 58n.
29. Friedrich von Hayek (1944) The Road to Serfdom, pp. 55-6. London: Routledge.
30. See e.g. David Mapel (1992) 'Purpose and Politics: Can there be a Non-Instrumental Civil Association', Political Science Reviewer 21: 78. Mapel argues that, whereas laws do not have specific purposes, and are not therefore commands to do particular actions, they do nevertheless forbid actions-types and in so far as they do this they restrict freedom of action. 'Indeed, all laws have purposes. Therefore, a civil association must have as many purposes as it has laws.'
31. See Oakeshott (n. 4), p. 119.
32. David Mapel, Political Science Reviewer, Ibid. p. 53.
33. See Michael Oakeshott (1983) On History and Other Essays, p. 132. Oxford: Basil Blackwell.
34. See Oakeshott (n. 4), pp. 160-1.
35. See Oakeshott (n. 32), p. 148.
36. Michael Oakeshott, On History and Other Essays, Ibid. p. 138.
37. Michael Oakeshott, On History and Other Essays, Ibid. p. 139.
38. Oakeshott (n. 4), p. 171.
39. Shirley Letwin (1989) 'Morality and Law', Ratio Juris 2: 55.
40. Oakeshott (n. 24), p. 51.
41. Shirley Letwin, Ratio Juris, Ibid. p. 53.
42. Richard B. Friedman (1992) 'What is a Non-Instrumental Law?', Political Science Reviewer 21: 82.
43. See Oakeshott (n. 4), pp. 129, 161, 174-5.
44. Letwin (n. 38), pp. 57 and 59.
45. Oakeshott (n. 32), p. 143.
46. Ibid.
47. Ibid. p. 159.
48. Ibid. p. 160.
49. Lon Fuller (1972) The Morality of Law, revised edition, p. 176. New Haven: Yale University Press.
50. Oakeshott (n. 32), p. 141.
51. Oakeshott (n. 4), p. 130.
52. Lon Fuller, The Morality of Law, Ibid. p. 133.
53. Lon Fuller, The Morality of Law, Ibid. p. 137.
54. Oakeshott (n. 32), p. 154.
55. Lon Fuller, The Morality of Law, Ibid. p. 155.
56. See Oakeshott (n. 4) pp. 166-7.
57. Lon Fuller, The Morality of Law, Ibid. p. 168.
58. Oakeshott (n. 24), p. 60.
59. For a fuller discussion of the character of the European Union see David Boucher (2001) 'Resurrecting Pufendorf and Capturing the Westphalian Moment', Review of International Studies 27: 557-77.
60. These are the views of one of the negotiators central to the process of enlargement over the last five and a half years.
61. Judith Shklar (1987) 'Political Theory and the Rule of Law', in A.C. Hutchinson and P. Monahan (eds) The Rule of Law: Ideal or Ideology, p. 1. Toronto: Carswell.