
The Rule of Law Will Sometimes Be Unjust. Defend It Anyway.
Just like we do, medieval jurists faced a question: What happens when the rule of law doesn’t do justice?

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Michael Burger teaches advanced courses in ancient, medieval, and early modern Europe at Auburn University, Montgomery. He is the author of Bishops, Clerks, and Diocesan Governance in Thirteenth-Century England: Reward and Punishment (Cambridge University Press, 2012) and three books with the University of Toronto Press: The Shaping of Western Civilization (2 volumes, third edition, 2024); Reading History (2022); as well as editing Sources for the History of Western Civilization (2 volumes, third edition, 2024). His articles have appeared in Law and Liberty as well as specialized historical journals.
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Just like we do, medieval jurists faced a question: What happens when the rule of law doesn’t do justice?
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