Law instead of order. The fight for the rule of law - book presentation and discussion with Maximilian Pichl

After actions by climate activists or brawls in swimming pools, there are regular calls for "the full force of the rule of law" to be applied. What is meant by this is: an end to apologies and the romanticism of social workers, instead a robust police response, exhaustion of the punishment framework in court - in short: a "law and order" policy. In the process, it is forgotten that "rule of law" actually means something completely different, namely that state action is bound by the law. Maximilian Pichl analyzes the reasons and strategies used by political actors to pursue the reinterpretation outlined above and the consequences it has. Pichl contrasts these efforts with the long history of legal battles in which lawyers and activists have fought to limit political arbitrariness.