How to Measure the Rule of Law
I argue that the rule of law consists of many dimensions and that much information is lost when variables proxying for these dimensions are simply aggregated. I draw on the most important innovations from various legal traditions to propose a concept of the rule of law likely to find general support...
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| Izdano u: | MAGKS - Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics (Band 38-2009) |
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| Format: | Arbeit |
| Jezik: | engleski |
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2009
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| Online pristup: | PDF cijeli tekst |
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| Sažetak: | I argue that the rule of law consists of many dimensions and that much information is lost when variables proxying for these dimensions are simply aggregated. I draw on the most important innovations from various legal traditions to propose a concept of the rule of law likely to find general support. To make the concept measurable, an ideal approach is contrasted with a pragmatic one. The pragmatic approach consists of eight different dimensions. I show that the bivariate correlations between them are usually very low, evidence that more fine-grained indicators of the rule of law, rather than a single hard-to-interpret one, are necessary for its measurement. The paper presents a list of desirable variables that could improve the measurement of various aspects of the rule of law. |
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| Opis fizičkog objekta: | 26 Seiten |
| ISSN: | 1867-3678 |
| Digitalni identifikator objekta: | 10.17192/es2024.0019 |