Introduction; Part I. Uncertainty, Risk and Anxiety: 1. Our Age of Anxiety; 2. Populism and Nationalism; 3. The Confounding Diversity of Globalisation; 4. The Rise of Disruptive Technologies and Dominating Platforms; Part II. Our Inheritance of Thought and Action: Addressing our Anxiety; 5. Practical Wisdom and Pragmatism; 6. Social Practices, Background Knowledge and Law; Part III. A Modest 'Rule of Law' Helps Frame a Healthier Society: 7. The Bases of Law and Challenges to Legalism; 8. Interactional Law and the Rule of Law; 9. Lawyers, Practice and Legal Education; Conclusion: That A Beginning Be Made.
In an age of anxiety, Toope makes the case for a revitalised rule of law to bolster collective resilience and restore our capacity to build healthier societies.
Stephen J. Toope OC, FRSC, LL.D. is President of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research and Vice-Chancellor Emeritus of the University of Cambridge. Previously, Professor Toope was Director of the Munk School of Global Affairs at the University of Toronto, and President of the University of British Columbia. A former Dean of Law at McGill University, Toope chaired the UN Working Group on Enforced and Involuntary Disappearances.
'One of the most brilliant books I have read on the profound
sources and contemporary drivers of our current age of anxiety.
Stephen J. Toope's suggestion of a practice-oriented pragmatist
rule of law to contribute to remedying the predicament is sensible
and normatively imperative.' Emanuel Adler, Professor Emeritus of
Political Science, Bronfman Chair of Israeli Studies, Emeritus,
University of Toronto
'In our deeply troubled world, Stephen J. Toope has performed the
astonishing feat of providing an optimistic yet deeply pragmatic
account of how the rule of law can, properly understood, help us to
navigate the many perils that lie ahead.' David Dyzenhaus,
University Professor of Law and Philosophy, University of
Toronto
'A wise, humble and compassionate vision of the law as a social
practice committed to solve the problems facing democracies in an
age of anxiety.' Michael Ignatieff, Central European University,
Vienna
'Considering the pressures university leaders live 24/7, especially
in the last two years, it is a stupendous accomplishment. My guess
is that for decades to come Professor Toope will be publicly feted
and quietly hated by all university presidents and provosts.' Peter
J. Katzenstein, Cornell University
'Drawing on a variety of disciplines and approaches, Stephen J.
Toope suggests saving the rule of law from itself and its many
discontents by developing a largely procedural version, sensitive
to a diversity of demands of time and place. Viewing law
predominantly as a social practice involving not just lawyers but
also citizens, activists, politicians, journalists and others,
Toope develops a pragmatic notion of the rule of law, built around
the Aristotelian idea of 'practical wisdom'. In doing so, he offers
an inspiring vision on law and its importance in times of populism,
digitalisation, climate change, and other profound challenges.
Lucidly written, A Rule of Law for Our New Age of Anxiety is an
insightful meditation by one of the most respected academic leaders
worldwide.' Jan Klabbers, University of Helsinki
'A lifelong exemplar of scholarship, principle, university
leadership, and humble decency, Stephen J. Toope believes in simple
truths, calmly held and passionately implemented. Here he argues
compellingly that our answer to such disruptive anxieties as
authoritarian populist nationalism and jarring technological change
must be renewed commitment to the rule of law, informed by honest
social discourse about lessons learned from our shared history of
making progress together.' Harold Hongju Koh, Sterling Professor of
International Law and former Dean, Yale Law School. Legal Adviser,
United States Department of State (2009–13), Assistant Secretary of
State, Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (1998–2001)
'That an ideal can be at once modest and precious is a thought too
rarely entertained. This intelligent, humane and wide-ranging work
shows that the rule of law, conceived as a community of 'anchoring
[legal] practices - a constellation of ideas, discourses and
concrete actions' rather than just an instrument of power, can be
both. Modest because it is only one practice among many; precious
as indispensable foundation for the best of the others. A welcome
tonic for an 'age of anxiety'.' Martin Krygier, AM Gordon Samuels
Professor of Law and Social Theory, UNSW Sydney and Senior Research
Fellow, CEU Democracy Institute, Budapest
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