...the watershed judgement of the United States Supreme Court in perhaps its most admired civil rights decision: Brown v. Board of Education, when the court held racial segregation in public (meaning not-private) schools to be unconstitutional. It was 1954 and Eisenhower was the President. According to his biographer, while the case was current,
He [Eisenhower] invited Warren [the Chief Justice] to the White House for a stag dinner, along with Brownell [the Attorney General of the United States], John W. Davis, who was counsel for the segregationists, and a number of other lawyers. Eisenhower had Davis sit near Warren, who in turn was on the President's right hand. During dinner, Eisenhower - according to Warren - 'went to considerable lengths to tell me what a great man Davis was'. And a... (查看原文)
We live in a society dedicated to the rule of law; in which Parliament has power, subject to limited, self-imposed restraints, to legislate as is wishes; in which Parliament may therefore legislate in a way which infringes the rule of law; and in which the judges, consistently with their constitutional duty to administer justice according to the laws and usages of the realm, cannot fail to give effect to such legislation if it is clearly and unambiguously expressed. (查看原文)
This is my first professional book on law. Why i will take this book? Because one time, Professor Y asked us a question: Do you know what's the different between the rule of law and the rule by law? This question encourage me go through this book. Although ...
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8 有用 鲁闽 2013-03-18 20:23:30
这本小书是提纲挈领式的。如果是大一的时候看，我可能认为讲的都是些空洞的大白话，不会比读一般政治课本的观感好多少。现在看，虽然不敢说自己有多么深的理解，但起码能够咂摸出点味道来，知道很多看似稀松平常的事情其实大有深意，有严谨的逻辑和到位的论证。回过头来，我想说的是，对政治课本那种先入为主的态度，何曾不需要检讨一番呢？
1 有用 菌子 2022-12-03 10:41:06 四川
很通俗的一个法律科普读本，可见无论是法治的核心还是八项基本原则在这个土地上都没有讨论的空间，甚至又何来立法权和司法权的矛盾呢？法律是规则的一种形式，如果要公平、有序地进行游戏，所有人、所有组织都应遵循规则。
1 有用 domotoiceko 2015-05-22 12:47:54
深入淺出，好﹗
4 有用 2 2019-11-29 13:54:17
还说什么呢，无力。落后一百年
1 有用 柠檬小妖妖 2018-12-23 18:39:07
和“法治”有关，套用在这里似乎不合适啊
1 有用 菌子 2022-12-03 10:41:06 四川
很通俗的一个法律科普读本，可见无论是法治的核心还是八项基本原则在这个土地上都没有讨论的空间，甚至又何来立法权和司法权的矛盾呢？法律是规则的一种形式，如果要公平、有序地进行游戏，所有人、所有组织都应遵循规则。
0 有用 久久 2020-03-10 21:52:02
很棒！
4 有用 2 2019-11-29 13:54:17
还说什么呢，无力。落后一百年
1 有用 柠檬小妖妖 2018-12-23 18:39:07
和“法治”有关，套用在这里似乎不合适啊
0 有用 豪 2018-12-22 17:37:22
法制的社会，这本书看的很有意义