Europe's prosperity, development, and social cohesion rest on a legal order in which the rule of law is firmly embedded. The principles that constitute the rule of law are increasingly contested within and outside Europe. The current European rule of law strategy only restates the importance of these principles and sanctions countries that do not comply. This volume shows that such a rule of law strategy is destined to fail. The papers in this volume provide the cornerstones of a revised and more future-proof European rule of law strategy that builds on many legal and political science perspectives and experiences in and outside Europe. The book contains ten chapters by the editors, Christian Joerges, Andrea Renda and Fabrizio Cafaggi, Abiodun Williams, Ekaterina A. Mishina, Marcelo Neves, Tom Ginsburg, Philip L. Reichel, Serge Brammertz and Kevin Hughes, and René Lefeber, in that order.