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Project Summary
The Internationalisation of Rule of Law – Changing Contexts and New Challenges Project is a two-phase project, spanning over 3 ½ years, seeking to address the following core issue:
What does the ever increasing connectivity of today – often termed ‘globalisation’ or ‘internationalisation’ – mean for the setting in which rule of law at the national level is defined, perceived, shaped, or developed; and what consequences does/should this have for the actual implementation of rule of law strategies and programs at the national and international levels?
Phase 1 involves a conference followed by an edited volume that will map the many important empirical developments of rule of law dynamics in the last years as they relate to processes of internationalisation, explore the mechanisms and processes behind these developments, and analyze the politics of rule of law promotion internationally and domestically.
Phase 2 involves further theoretical and empirical exploration and analysis of three key dimensions of this process of internationalisation of the rule of law:
- Rule of Law Promotion and Legalisation Beyond the Nation-State;
- New Checks and balances: protection of the rule of law in a multi-layered system; and
- Internationalisation of Rule of Law and the Challenges of Middle-Income Countries in an Evolving International Order.