The rule of law: What is it and why is it 'constantly on people's lips'?

Political Studies Review

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 357-365

  May, Christopher ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bingham; Lawyers; Normative reproduction; Political common sense; Rule of law

Indexed keywords

LEGISLATION; POLITICS;

EID: 80051578017     PISSN: 14789299     EISSN: 14789302     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-9302.2010.00222.x     Document Type: Article

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