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DESCRIPTION:The rule of law\, once widely embraced and emulated\, now faces
  serious threats to its viability. To get our bearings we must return to f
 irst principles. Law’s Rule: The Nature\, Value\, and Viability of the R
 ule of Law articulates and defends a coherent\, compre­hen­sive\, and co
 mpelling conception of the rule of law and defends it against serious chal
 lenges to its intelligibility\, relevance\, and normative force. In this l
 ecture\, Postema will sketch the basic outlines of this conception and the
  values it serves. The rule of law’s ambition\, he will argue\, is to pr
 ovide protection and recourse against the arbitrary exercise of power usin
 g the distinctive tools of the law. Law provides a bulwark of protection\,
  a bridle on the powerful\, and a bond constituting and holding together t
 he polity and giving public expression to an ideal mode of association. Tw
 o principles immediately follow from this core: sovereignty of law\, deman
 ding that those who exercise ruling power govern with law and that law gov
 erns them\, and equality in the eyes of the law\, demanding that law’s p
 rotection extend to all who are bound by it. Animating law’s rule\, the 
 ethos of fidelity commits all members of the political community to take r
 esponsibility for holding each other accountable under the law. The moral 
 foundation of this demanding ideal lies in a commitment to common membersh
 ip of each person in this community\, recognizing their freedom\, dignity\
 , and status as peers. The lecture will consider the relationship between 
 democracy\, human rights\, and the rule of law and will conclude with thou
 ghts on some of the most serious threats to the viability of law’s rule.
 \nSpeaker: Gerald J. Postema\, PhD (Boshamer Distinguished Professor em. o
 f Philosophy\, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
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LOCATION:University of Freiburg\, Room: Lecture room 1010\, University buil
 ding I | Guests are welcome!
ORGANIZER;CN=MPI-CSL in cooperation with the Department of Political Scienc
 e and Philosophy of Law at the University of Freiburg :mailto:c.hillemanns
 @csl.mpg.de
SUMMARY:Freiburg Lectures on Staatswissenschaft and Philosophy of Law: The 
 Nature and Value of the Rule of Law
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