Promoting the rule of law abroad : in search of knowledge /

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Imprint:Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, c2006.
Description:xv, 363 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/5823144
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Other authors / contributors:Carothers, Thomas, 1956-
ISBN:0870032194 (pbk.)
0870032208 (cloth)
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 339-348) and index.
Standard no.:9780870032196
9780870032202
Table of Contents:
  • Foreword
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Part I. Framing the Challenge
  • 1. The Rule-of-Law Revival
  • 2. The Problem of Knowledge
  • Part II. Questioning the Orthodoxy
  • 3. Competing Definitions of the Rule of Law
  • 4. Mythmaking in the Rule-of-Law Orthodoxy
  • 5. A House without a Foundation
  • 6. Lessons Not Learned about Legal Reform
  • 7. The Legal Empowerment Alternative
  • Part III. Regional Experiences
  • 8. A Trojan Horse in China?
  • 9. The Complexity of Success in Russia
  • 10. Middle East Dilemmas
  • 11. Time to Learn, Time to Act in Africa
  • 12. Measuring the Impact of Criminal Justice Reform in Latin America
  • Part IV. Conclusions
  • 13. Steps toward Knowledge
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Contributors
  • Carnegie Endowment for International Peace