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The Rule of Law Abroad: Learning from Experience and Listening to Locals
Author(s) -
Kirk Thomas
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
global policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 33
eISSN - 1758-5899
pISSN - 1758-5880
DOI - 10.1111/1758-5899.12031
Subject(s) - rule of law , active listening , focus (optics) , law , political science , law and economics , sociology , physics , communication , optics , politics
Thomas Kirk explores the role of the rule of law abroad in this sweeping review essay. Dealing with theworks of Carothers, Armytage, Isser and Kleinfeld, Kirk examines the critiques offered to the traditional ruleof law approaches. He concludes that practitioners increasingly have fewer excuses to limit reform programmes to a traditional, narrow focus on formal institutions, the judiciary and lawyers.