Download This PaperSisyphus and the Clockmaker: Two Views of the Rule of Law in Keally McBride's 'Mr. Mothercountry: The Man Who Made the Rule of Law'
14 Pages Posted: 2 Apr 2018
Date Written: March 28, 2018
Abstract
This essay is an engagement with Keally McBride's excellent book, "Mr. Mothercountry: The Man Who Made the Rule of Law," and argues that the rule of law is not a law of rules, but a culture of self-restraint and humility.
Keywords: rule of law, Nietzsche, humility, colonialism
JEL Classification: K10, K40
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Meyer, Linda R., Sisyphus and the Clockmaker: Two Views of the Rule of Law in Keally McBride's 'Mr. Mothercountry: The Man Who Made the Rule of Law' (March 28, 2018). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3151957 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3151957
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