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The Rule Of Law And Human Rights, Berta E. Hernández-Truyol

UF Law Faculty Publications

This Essay engages the idea of the rule of law and its relationship to the human rights ideal. This piece opens by exploring just exactly what is meant by the rule of law. To develop this analysis, this work initially explores the definitions, elements, and theoretical underpinnings of the rule of law. Second, it delves into the cultural particularities of the rule of law; third, it describes numerous structural realities of the rule of law; and then, it sets out several of the critiques directed at a universal rule of law idea.

This essay next makes three key observations concerning …