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2004

Rule of law

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Principles For Constitutions And Institutions In Promoting The Rule Of Law, Jon L. Mills Mar 2004

Principles For Constitutions And Institutions In Promoting The Rule Of Law, Jon L. Mills

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Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Legal & Policy Issues in the Americas Conference (2003). Panel IV. Comparative Constitutional Approaches to the Rule of Law and Judicial Independence.


Panel V. Human Rights Commitments In The Americas: From The Global To The Local, Berta E. Hernández-Truyol Jan 2004

Panel V. Human Rights Commitments In The Americas: From The Global To The Local, Berta E. Hernández-Truyol

UF Law Faculty Publications

This essay next makes three key observations concerning the rule of law: (1) the relationship between the rule of law and human rights; (2) the interrelatedness of the international rule of law to a local rule of law; and (3) the insights the concept of the rule of law affords to the exploration of the nexus between trade and human rights. To conclude, this piece suggests a holistic approach to the rule of law. Such a model recognizes both the instrumental or rule book dimension and the substantive or rights dimension of the rule of law. It also accepts that …