Description: A timely and important exploration of the ideological, economic, legal, and institutional threats to the future of the rule of law.
Brief description: Raymond Wacks is Emeritus Professor of Law and Legal Theory at the University of Hong Kong. He is the author of 15 books on legal philosophy, privacy, and justice. Several have been translated into more than a dozen languages He is also the co-author of 5 books, and editor of 10. His publications include Protecting Personal Information: The Right to Privacy Reconsidered (Hart Publishing, 2020), COVID-19 and Public Policy in the Digital Age (2021), National Security in the New World Order: Government and the Technology of Information (with Andrea Monti), and Animal Lives Matter: The Continuing Quest for Justice (2024). The seventh edition of his Understanding Jurisprudence: An Introduction to Legal Theory will be published in 2026.
Review Quotes:
"This is a valuable addition to the burgeoning literature on the rule of law. Wacks explores the subject from a fresh perspective." --Patrick Elias, Former Lord Justice of Appeal, England and Wales, Cambridge Law Journal (of the 1st edition)
"A crucially important and inspiring work by one of the most eminent lawyers in the world, an intellectual feast and a triumph." --Philip Wood CBE, KC (Hon)