New Research on the Rule of Law from the World Justice Forum
8/6/2008 12:58:04 PM EST
New Research on the Rule of Law from the World Justice Forum - Volume 1

The World Justice Project (WJP) is an international, multidisciplinary effort to strengthen the rule of law.  It has over the past two years conducted a multipronged effort encompassing outreach to diverse disciplines across five continents, development of a Rule of Law Index, convening of a global World Justice Forum, and research.  The WJP convened two groups of distinguished scholars to foster scholarly discussion of the rule of law and the way it impacts the work of different disciplines and sectors.  Each team produced a volume of research papers.  The research papers for New Research on the Rule of Law are described and listed below:

 ·         Rule of Law Scholars Series, Volume I:  New Research on the Rule of Law.  The WJP worked with the American Bar Foundation and Nobel Laureates Dr. James Heckman and Dr. Amartya Sen on a rule of law research program that examined the potential contributions of the rule of law to communities of opportunity and equity. This scholarship effort features a distinguished team of scholars from the fields of law, economics and political science.

 Introductory Essay: New Research on the Rule of Law by Robert L. Nelson, American Bar Foundation & Northwestern University, and Lee Cabatingan, University of Chicago

  Rule of Law Temptations  by Thomas Carothers, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

 Global Justice:  A Human Capability Perspective by Amartya Sen, Harvard University

 The Viability of the Welfare State  by James Heckman, University of Chicago

 Comparing Legal and Alternative Institutions in Commerce by Franklin Allen, University of Pennsylvania , and Jun “QJ” Qian, Boston University

 Law, Finance and the First Corporations by Ron Harris, Tel Aviv University

 The Lifespan of Written Constitutions by Tom Ginsburg, University of Chicago, Zachary Elkins, University of Illinois, and James Melton, University of Illinois

 Principled Principals in the Founding Moments of the Rule of Law by Margaret Levi, University of Washington, and Brad Epperly, University of Washington

 Social Norms, Rule of Law, and Gender Reality by Katharina Pistor, Columbia University , Antara Haldar, Trinity College , and Amrit Amirapu

 The Fight for First Generation Rights:  A Comparative Essay on the Mobilization of the Legal Complex for Basic Legal Freedoms by Terence C. Halliday, American Bar Federation

 Why Developing Countries Prove So Resistant to the Rule of Law by Barry R. Weingast, Stanford University

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  Constitutionalism and the Challenge of Ethnic Diversity by Yash Ghai

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

  

 

 

 

         

 

    

 

 

 

 

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