Rule of law versus political interest

Michael Saltman; Henry Rosenfeld

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Rule of law versus political interest

Michael Saltman, Henry Rosenfeld

Department of Sociology

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The limits of the rule of law are here tested by a case study. Two Arab prisoners were killed by Israeli security forces, a political cover-up was initiated and the tacit assent of the Supreme Court towards executive actions was achieved. The paper examines some theoretical positions in order to understand the relationship between the ideology of the Rule of Law and political interests - Althusser, Luhmann and Habermas. The conclusion is that structural and/or neo-structural functional theory is insufficient to explain the situation. The paper suggests alternative variables to account for the legal system's subservience to the dictates of political interests.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1-22
Number of pages	22
Journal	Contemporary Crises
Volume	14
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00728223
State	Published - Mar 1990

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