Effects of economic freedom on bank efficiency, output reallocation and profit convergence in the Asean-5 banking sector by Yap, Woon Kan

“…The first study examines the impacts of economic freedom on bank cost efficiency, thereafter, the manners in which these freedom-induced impacts are conditioned by the prevailing rule of law, are duly ascertained. To this end, the rule of law is found to have important threshold effects on the impact of economic freedom on bank cost efficiency. …”
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One-sidedly Staffed Courts - A Problem of Impartiality – not only in Poland by Gertrude Lübbe-Wolff

“…Any effort to restore the rule of law in the Polish judiciary is likely to meet resistance from these veto players. …”
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Specters of Leviathan: Schmitt and Neumann on Law and State by Toros Güneş ESGÜN

“…In this paper, through the critique of the rule of law carried out by both Carl Schmitt, the known chief jurist of the Nazi State, and Franz L. …”
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Sunset clauses: a historical, positive and normative analysis by Kouroutakis, A

“…Although I acknowledge that their legislative use in limiting human rights diminishes the rule of law, they might have the exact opposite effect: on several occasions in the past, they were used to advance the rule of law, including the adoption of innovative legislation and the annulment of the death penalty. …”

Police Investigation: The Identity Crisis of the Police Investigation in the Face of Democratic Demands. by Waldir Miguel dos Santos Júnior

“…From there, the work tries to demonstrate the requirements of democratic rule of law research. Therefore, the adversarial system will be analyzed, to comply with the democratic demands. …”
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LA CRISIS DEL ESTADO SOCIAL EN EL GOBIERNO DE ÁLVARO URIBE VÉLEZ by Clara María Mira González

“…This article aims to analyze the crisis of the rule of law in government covering the period from 2002 to 2010 or Alvaro Uribe Vélez gobernment and relate this crisis to the warmonger treatment that is made to the political enemy in this period of government, crisis that prevents any possibility of reinserting to the Rule of law. …”
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Do natural resources depress income per capita? by Van der Ploeg, R, Arezki, R

“…These results are robust to using alternative measures of institutional quality (expropriation and corruption instead of rule of law).…”

Escaping Orbán’s Constitutional Prison by Kim Lane Scheppele

“…<p>Backsliding democracies around the world all face the problem of how to restore the rule of law. Precisely because it is already embedded in European law, with deep Hungarian roots that have long honored European traditions and its international law obligations, Hungary has the option of simply embracing European law to provide a legal path back to the rule of law</p> …”
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TINJAUAN YURIDIS MENGENAI ATURAN HUKUM PEMUTUSAN HUBUNGAN KERJA TERHADAP DOSEN PERGURUAN TINGGI SWASTA by Albi Mahardian, Achmad Rifqi Nizam, Achmad Rizky Hasani, Muhammad Fadhil

“…<em>The research was to analyze and understand the provisions of labor law that apply to private university lecturers affected by termination of employment the rule of law for the lecturers who work in private universities specifically regarding two things, firstly, the rule of law that applies to lecturers working in private tertiary institutions and second, what rights can be obtained by private tertiary lecturers who experience termination of employment. …”
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After the announcement: an interdisciplinary analysis of blockchain development in governments by Gert Meyers, Charlotte C. K. Van Oirsouw, Esther L. O. Keymolen, Jurgen Goossens

“…This interdisciplinary approach facilitates the investigation of the operationalization of rule of law values, such as transparency, legitimacy, and accountability. …”
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Do natural resources depress income per capita? by Arezki, R, Ploeg, F

“…These results are robust to using alternative measures of institutional quality (expropriation and corruption instead of rule of law).…”

Governance quality and tax compliance behaviour in East Malaysia by Mohd Allif Anwar Abu Bakar, Mohd Rizal Palil, Ruhanita Maelah

“…Four proxies of governance quality were examined in the study, namely, Voice and Accountability (VA), Political Stability (PS), Government Effectiveness (GE), and Rule of Law (RL). Results indicate that only political stability and rule of law are found to significantly influence tax compliance behaviour positively, while the other two proxies of voice and accountability and government effectiveness showed otherwise with insignificant findings. …”
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The Problem with the Global Notion of “Environmental Sustainability” by Martin Kwan

“…This undermines the rule of law and its perception because the law, in effect, is selectively allowing and sanctioning different acts involving the exact same wrong. …”
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Judiciary Problems in Mature Democratic Countries: American and French Perspectives by Muhammad Aminu Kwasau, Salma Abdurrahman Maina, Raziqa Muhammad Shafiu, Mariyah Muhammad Shafiu

“…Even when all other safeguards fail, a judiciary of unquestionable integrity is the cornerstone institution necessary for guaranteeing adherence to democracy and the rule of law. It protects the public from any violations of their legal rights and freedoms.This observation applies to both global analyses of the judicial system and rule of law process in America and France, in particular. …”
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Comprehensive law-based governance in China? Legislating authoritarianism in the Xi Jinping era by Hsin Hsien Wang, Shan Yun Shi

“…In this regard, comprehensive law-based governance strengthens rule by law rather than the rule of law. A revision of the Organic Law of the NPC [《人大組織法》, Renda Zuzhi Fa] in 2021 increased the power of the NPC Standing Committee (NPCSC), and legislation was made more flexible and efficient. …”
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Supranational responses to democratic backsliding: norm contestation and discursive polarisation in the European Parliament by Wunsch, N, Chiru, M

“…At the same time, it is the arena where we find some of the most vigorous defences of the EU’s fundamental values and appeals to safeguard the rule of law across the Union. Leveraging an original dataset of MEP statements from plenary debates over the last two EP terms (2009–2019), this article examines the dynamics of norm contestation in the EP’s responses to democratic backsliding. …”

Law in Social Theory / by Cotterrell, Roger, editor

“…Through studies of the work of Weber, Durkheim, Gurvitch, Habermas, Luhmann, Derrida, Bourdieu, Foucault, Schmitt, Neumann and others, the essays address such fundamental topics as the changing forms of regulation, law's relations with morals and beliefs, law and democracy and prospects for the rule of law in the context of globalisation.…”

Ukraine’s Parliament in Wartime by Yuliia Kyrychenko, Sujit Choudhry

“…<p>To defend Ukraine is to defend constitutional democracy and the rule of law. But the defence of Ukraine must occur <em>through</em> constitutional democracy and the rule of law. …”
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COVID-19, the United States and Evidence-Based Politics by Mark A. Graber

“…Right-wing populism challenges constitutional commitments to rule of law and basic liberal freedoms, as such strongmen as Erdogan. …”
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The PARADOX OF STATE OF LAW IDEA ON PANCASILA PHILOSOPHICAL JUSTIFICATION AS SOURCES OF LAW by Artha Debora Silalahi

“…The construction of the idea of a rule of law should not depend on absolute and certainty. …”
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