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The Syracuse Conference On A World Rule Of Law: American Perspectives An Introduction, Malcolm M. Feeley
The Syracuse Conference On A World Rule Of Law: American Perspectives An Introduction, Malcolm M. Feeley
Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce
The working group was charged with exploring virtually all facets of democracy and the rule of law, as they pertain to established constitutional democracies, societies undergoing "transitions to constitutional democracies," and those societies where democracy remains little more than a hopeful wish. Papers and much of the discussion during the two days probed beneath the structural formalities that are obvious and important requisites of democracy, to explore the subtexts of and cultural conditions for democracy and the rule of law, those features that may be so taken-for-granted that they usually go unacknowledged, let alone unexplored in discussion of democratic theory. …
Roads To Democracy, Lawrence M. Friedman
Roads To Democracy, Lawrence M. Friedman
Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce
Of course, "democracy" is not a simple concept; and no two systems that claim to be democracies are exactly the same. The "rule of law" is if anything an even more contested concept. For the purposes of this paper, we do not really need to define democracy rigorously. A society with a reasonable dose of freedom of speech and the press, freedom of religion, more or less fair elections, and the customary package of basic human rights, respected (on the whole) by the government, qualifies as a democracy. These will also tend to be societies that respect the rule of …
Democracy And The Arab World, David Shomar
Democracy And The Arab World, David Shomar
Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce
In the pursuit of spreading democracy (constitutional democracy) in the Arab world, a worthy goal in abstract terms, we should start by defining democracy. I found it more enlightening and necessary to dismiss certain false perceptions about what democracy is, before determining what a democracy might mean to us, let alone other cultures.
Community And Democracy: Syracuse Reflections, Richard E.D. Schwartz
Community And Democracy: Syracuse Reflections, Richard E.D. Schwartz
Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce
How does the American experience with democracy contribute to our understanding of the prospects for, and paths to, democracy worldwide?" Another half of the papers prepared for the Conference deal with the experience of other countries, many of them moving toward rule-of-law democracy. Taken together, they represent a sample of our present knowledge-and they suggest new directions for future research. Communities with certain qualities contribute to the development and sustaining of democracy. The qualities to which I refer include: mutual respect across lines of division and the creative composition of differences. At Syracuse, we saw two kinds of community: local …