Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the Rule of Law
- Cambridge Companions to Law
- The Cambridge Companion to the Rule of Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Histories
- 1 Classical Athens’ Radical Democratic “Rule of Law”
- 2 Rechtsstaat versus the Rule of Law
- 3 État de droit: The Gallicization of the Rechtsstaat
- 4 Islamic Conceptions of the Rule of Law
- 5 Empires and the Rule of Law: Arbitrary Justice and Imperial Legal Ordering
- Part III Moralities
- Part IV Pathologies
- Part V Trajectories
- Part VI Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
5 - Empires and the Rule of Law: Arbitrary Justice and Imperial Legal Ordering
from Part II - Histories
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 03 August 2021
Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the Rule of Law
- Cambridge Companions to Law
- The Cambridge Companion to the Rule of Law
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Contributors
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Histories
- 1 Classical Athens’ Radical Democratic “Rule of Law”
- 2 Rechtsstaat versus the Rule of Law
- 3 État de droit: The Gallicization of the Rechtsstaat
- 4 Islamic Conceptions of the Rule of Law
- 5 Empires and the Rule of Law: Arbitrary Justice and Imperial Legal Ordering
- Part III Moralities
- Part IV Pathologies
- Part V Trajectories
- Part VI Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
As composite polities, empires were plural legal orders. Conquest, settlement, and rule depended on elaborate arrangements to manage the relation of imperial law to local or indigenous law. Calls for impartial justice in empires emerged in the context of intricate legal conflicts over order and rights, with varied institutional trajectories as the result. The rule of law in empires must be approached as part of the history of legal politics in fluid, fragmented systems of law.
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- The Cambridge Companion to the Rule of Law , pp. 101 - 118Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021
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