The rule of law
Recommended reading
- Rule of law as a goal of development policy
- ( M. Stephenson / World Bank Research , 2008)
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Policymakers in developing and transition nations are increasingly seeking ways to establish or strengthen the rule of law in their countries. Investment rating services, non-governmental organisat...
- Beyond the rule of law orthodoxy: the legal empowerment alternative
- ( S. Golub / Carnegie Endowment for International Peace , 2003)
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The international aid field of law and development focuses too much on law, lawyers, and state institutions, and too little on development, the poor, and civil society. This paper argues that an al...
- Afghan Human Development Report 2007: bridging modernity and tradition: the rule of law and the search for Justice
- ( Center for Policy and Human Development , 2007)
- The central theme of this Human Development Report is that country's judicial system is a first line of defence to many social ills in any democracy, but particularly in war ravaged societies. Institu...
- A trojan horse behind Chinese walls?: problems and prospects of US-sponsored "rule of law" reform projects in the People's Republic of China
- ( M. Stephenson / Center for International Development, Harvard University , 2000)
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The US government has announced an initiative to promote the 'rule of law' in the People’s Republic of China. However, though China has also endorsed building the rule of law as a goal, the A...
- The World Bank & rule of law reforms
- ( G. Barron / Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics , 2005)
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This paper sets out to explain the World Bank’s claims that it is building or promoting the Rule of Law (ROL) via legal and judicial reform. The author seeks to put the Banks work in historic...
