Part one - general perspectives on rule of law and the legal state-
1. What is the rule of law and why is it so important-
2. On the foundations of the rule of law and the principle of the legal state/rechtsstaat-
3. Philosophical foundations of the principle of the legal state (rechtsstaat) and the rule of law-
4. Rule of law (and rechtsstaat)-
5. The rule of law and legal state doctrines as a methodology of the philosophy of law-
6. Applying the rule of law to contexts beyond the state-
7. The rule of law as a global norm for constitutionalism-
8. The ill-fated union: constitutional entrenchment of rights and the will theory from Rousseau to Waldron-
9. The measure of law: the non-instrumental legal side from the state to the global setting (and from Hamdan to al Jedda)-
10. Rule of law, legal state and other international legal doctrines: linguistic aspects of their convergence and differentiation
part two - specific perspectives on the rule of law and the legal state-
11. Freedom, equality, legality-
12. The rechtsstaat-principle in Germany: the development from the beginning until now-
13. The German rechtsstaat in a comparative perspective-
14. The Russian judicial doctrine of the rule of law: twenty years after-
15. The law is a causeway: metaphor and the rule of law in Russia-
16. American constitutional analysis and a substantive understanding of the rule of law-
17. Building a government of laws: Adams and Jefferson 1776-1779-
18. Rule of law v. Legal state: where have we come from, where are we going to?-
19. The rule of law in the middle east-
20. Waiting for the rule of law in Brazil: a meta-legal analysis of the insufficient realization of the rule of law in Brazil-
21. The rule of law and the United Nations.