Comparative constitutionalism in a new key: the cultural study of the Western rule of law

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Published: Jun 30, 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-09502016000100011
Keywords:
- Rule of law
- legal culture
- comparative constitutionalism

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Paul W. Kahn
Profesor Titular de Derecho y Humanidades y Director del Centro Orville de Derechos Humanos de la Escuela de Derecho de Yale. Trabajo originalmente publicado en Michigan Law Review N° 101, pp. 2677-2705.
Pablo Marshall Barberán
Fernando Muñoz León

Abstract

This essay reflects upon the challenges that arise from understanding the rule of law as a form of life. To that end, it explores the importance of understanding the comparison between constitutional orders not as a technical comparison between public law structures and procedures, but as different variations on a perennial theme within Western legal culture: the antinomy between reason and will.

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Kahn, P. W., Marshall Barberán, P., & Muñoz León, F. (2016). Comparative constitutionalism in a new key: the cultural study of the Western rule of law. Revista De Derecho (Valdivia), 29(1), 227–256. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-09502016000100011
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Vol. 29 No. 1 (2016)
Section
INVESTIGACIONES