Courts and Bureaucracies
Renewing the Rule of Law in Our Times
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- Paperback
280 pages
- Release Date
11 January 2027
Summary
A novel meditation on how courts and bureaucracies function today and how they can be made better.
We live in a highly bureaucratic society, so much so that we often don’t even see it. Although we think of bureaucracies and courtrooms as different kinds of institutions, as Robert P. Burns argues in Courts and Bureaucracies, their functions and everyday operations often blur together. Today, courts are being used to address numerous social problems that the go…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780226854045 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0226854043 |
| Author: | Robert P. Burns |
| Publisher: | The University of Chicago Press |
| Imprint: | University of Chicago Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 280 |
| Release Date: | 11 January 2027 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“Burns offers a thoughtful reflection on the timely and vexed topic of the rule of law that distinguishes a rule-following ‘law-of-rules’ from a rule of law that aspires to legality and justice. In a sustained and insightful argument that does not shirk from the complexities of increasingly bureaucratized institutions of criminal, civil and administrative adjudication, Burns prompts readers to think more carefully about how commitments to hearings and procedures relate to who we are.”
– Marianne Constable, University of California, Berkeley“Courts and Bureaucracies is a learned, incisive, and novel examination of modern state governance institutions on a continuum of administration and adjudication. Burns combines highly sophisticated theoretical analysis drawing on a broad range of theories (sociological, philosophical, legal) and theorists with a thorough understanding of the rules, procedures, and actual practices of civil and criminal courts and administrative tribunals.”
– Brian Z. Tamanaha, Washington University Law SchoolRobert P. Burns
Robert P. Burns is the William W. Gurley Memorial Professor of Law Emeritus at Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law. He has received the ABA Robert B. McKay Award for commitment to justice, scholarship, and the legal profession. His work has appeared in many legal journals, and he is the author of several books, including A Theory of the Trial and The Death of the American Trial.
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