Open AccessRule of Law, Contesting and Contested
Author(s) -
Csaba Varga
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
central european journal of comparative law
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2732-1460
pISSN - 2732-0707
DOI - 10.47078/2021.1.245-278
Subject(s) - ethos , compromise , politics , ideal (ethics) , law , rule of law , human rights , political science , sociology , function (biology) , law and economics , evolutionary biology , biology
The rule of law movement is a by-product of the post-WWII rebirth of human rights, which turned into a key political issue by the turn of the millennium. By becoming part of the language and blackmailing practice of international politics, it has self-emptied as well. It is an ideal; historically a function of human experience at individual places and times, shaped by local traditions. As a complex of heterogeneous values and principles, its ethos can at best be respected and approached via the never-ending balancing of compromise solutions.