The Rule of Law in Historical Perspective

Authors

W. Burnett Harvey, University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Abstract

Events of the past two decades have made imperative a fundamental re-examination of the basis of government and the legal order. The gross inhumanities of the German and Japanese regimes during the Second World War are fresh in our memories. In many areas of the world today, the force of law is being used for the systematic suppression of claims to freedom and human dignity. The revolutionary ferment of the post-war years has brought into existence new governments with the task of determining their fundamental orientation and the direction of their legal orders.

Recommended Citation

W. B. Harvey, The Rule of Law in Historical Perspective, 59 Mich. L. Rev. 487 (1961).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol59/iss4/3