I don't think so. Rule of law 's supposed to support a free society, not remove our freedom to make sense of things.In the 1930s, Harry Hopkins-- there was a law past to stimulate the economy.
It's very difficult though to pivot from that to frontier-producing growth, particularly in an economy whose financial system, whose rule of law , is not oriented toward that.So we can come back to this if you like, but Tim and I would count ourselves among the skeptics of China immediately
and decided that I would write a book, which initially began as looking at trust as a social characteristic of countries, the rule of law , the institutions of government, and so on. And then I realized that that really sprang from how organizations, and communities, and neighborhoods worked in a country.
who feel that the law isn't fair to them and doesn't apply to them. The rule of law doesn't apply to them. There is this growing distrust in the community of the police and the law as a whole.
all this stuff that we find boring and we're used to and you know this idea of freedom of speech and separation of powers and rule of law all those things that we have come to take for granted in our societies are a huge challenge to the political system in Russia or China.
But actually, the room where it's happening has moved to the private sector, to private equity or privately held corporations, and we may still Things like rule of law , et cetera, are also included.
I mean, mostly it's a tax write off for them. And places where the rule of law is weak and they could sort of push around the government a little bit.
And once that idea takes root in society, you have a complete disrespect for the law. And the rule of law will not exist at all. So those are some of the fundamental principles that even though the rule of law is very, very important, it's supposed to err on the side of protecting the innocent,
Yeah. It seems interesting to note, as we spoke about earlier, the black and whiteness of the rule of law . But we've moved into justice kind of as a business, it sounds like you're saying, to where the quality next to a price tag is actually relevant.
And I use that as an example, because now if judges only acted as the conduits for that kind of public passion, then there would be no rule of law . It would sway back and forth with the winds as they blow, rather than judges applying the law as it should be applied, notwithstanding the pressures that they
are able in a country where you can use and get out the media-- if you can use the media and put enough pressure on courts that are ostensibly rule of law courts, you can get a result. In other countries, however, it becomes extremely difficult. We represented a political prisoner in Venezuela, an individual who
And I said to him, no. Is that how the rule of law 's supposed to work? I don't think so.
We need good government. We need the rule of law . We need education. But we also critically need energy.
of all political stripes, including academic institutions, organizations working for women's rights, for refugee rights, for HIV and AIDS, and even for the rule of law . And so what I want to argue to you is that, yes, we're seeing very severe and very dangerous setbacks around the world for LGBT rights.
For all these reasons, we have to empower the local governments. The way, for instance, to change despite being an autocratic regime, has actually been trying to do. The second major change required is "rule of law ". Normally, India has an impeccable system of rule of law . The judiciary is independent, the Supreme Court is pretty strong, perhaps not as strong as the United States, but next to U-, US, the judiciary is the strongest in the world.
the young people who are forward looking recognize in the centrality of politics even to the economic future of the country. And playing a role. said that rule of law is equally or more important than actually elections and other external characteristics of democracy. But I don't think that rule of law actually exists at
the young people who are forward looking recognize in the centrality of politics even to the economic future of the country. And playing a role. instruments of rule of law , we are ages ahead of China. There's no question, but still we have to set something straight.
know the there's almost always a a way to to to to do it in a really light-handed way but to still say democracy and the rule of law and when we talk about the rule of law it's about
so we have a real interest in doing whatever we can to try to spread good government diminish corruption rule of law and ultimately democracy abroad the premise of my book is that's not wrong that premise is right but the
behave. They're extremely professional. They're committed to the rule of law . They investigate allegations of of um war crimes, crimes against humanity, and so forth um where they find them. And
Usually, in the criminal context, that means there has to be evidence, that you have an opportunity to respond to the evidence, et cetera. Due process is fundamental to the rule of law , and by extension, the equal protection under the law. So the 14th Amendment-- we don't usually have to go to the 14th Amendment.
And it's governed by the rule of law .
think it will happen pursuant to the rule of law .
Everybody sort of feels good that justice was served in that. How does that align with the rule of law , which is a much more black and white situation? There's not a lot of room for opinion if the law is the law.
I take a look at the rule of law .
So fundamentally underpinning things like the rule of law or something like a patent system which is open to everybody on the same terms, that's got to be underpinned
We no longer have the rule of law .
redeem the purpose and prompts of constitute rule of law constraints through
some are some are more repressive than others. The the main thing that you would notice the first thing that you would notice would be the absence of the rule of law . Rule of law means that judges and courts and the legal system make decisions based on the constitution
everything we consider liberal democracy and human rights and the rule of law , you're so far past the point
infrastructure, or maybe rule of law .
Foro Penal and Alfredo have not entirely given up on the rule of law and on the need to use the law to defend the basic human rights of people,
But I firmly believe it's governed by the rule of law .
And so being conscious about who and kind of attacking at the roots of things seems like a good strategy. Meaning, is there enough rule of law left there?
It is also the case that those countries that have strong rule of law are the ones that
In some places, the rule of law for the oceans is also incredibly challenging; such that people are using dynamite still to fish or to collect coastal aggregate materials for
they started to make their strongholds because there was no um rule of law there were no soldiers there was no police force there was nothing this is
the young people who are forward looking recognize in the centrality of politics even to the economic future of the country. And playing a role. Obviously, rule of law is far more deficient in China than in India. In India, the instruments of rule of law are really very strong; they're there. The delivery is weak for a variety
it's more of an economic social um development rule of law human rights kind of thing and the military is
of Liberties within China will continue to expand there is more rule of law
We like fairness. We like rule of law .
and the code of vendetta is replaced by police and courts system and rule of law .
Most of them are advocating that the government abide by constitutionalism and rule of law .
And the rule of law will not exist at all. So those are some of the fundamental principles that even though the rule of law is very, very important, it's supposed to err on the side of protecting the innocent, rather than what I think all too often nowadays people think is, well, if an innocent person is convicted here there
don't we have a system here, rule of law , people are supposed to get charged at some point and have a chance to defend themselves? It's been nine months. So.
for most people so I'm really delighted to be with the people who make that happen every day um how did we get here uh so first of all I'm a Believer in uh capitalism democracy the rule of law I hope all of you are too um these systems are kind of better than the alternative but they're not perfect and uh in
And it's a correlation of 0.9 which is like a rule of law for social science.
And that's a process that tends to be replicated in any part of the world where the rule of law is exerted over frontier regions,
And it's that, judicial systems, rule of law that really make an enormous difference.
with the economic collapse of 2008 has horribly wounded our legitimacy and our ability to have a bully pulpit in the world with respect to critical issues such as human rights and rule of law . We are not believed in the world when it comes to our role as a pillar of rule of law .