We have a vast and growing literature on justice reform in the many countries that are classifi ed as fragile, confl ict-aff ected or post-confl ict. In cases such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Southern Sudan and the Solomon Islands this is partly because what began as a security intervention morphed into a decade-long engagement with state-building and development. Individual legal scholars have produced interesting case studies that highlight the limitations of conventional rule of law paradigms in fragile and confl ict aff ected states (FCSs) (e.g. Shimada, 2009; Monson, 2011; Dinnen and Allen, 2012; Taylor and Bosch, forthcoming) . Yet much legal scholarship remains disconnected from the new prominence of FCSs, the rise of security secto...
The central theme of this thesis is to critique and proffer appropriate legal and military responses...
This article provides a critical reflection on the efforts at legal reconstruction initiated in 2001...
This paper aims to provide a tour d’horizon of common operational initiatives and policy approaches ...
Building the rule of law in the wake of military conflict has proven to be a complex and formidable ...
Promoting the rule of law is vital for the success of domestic and international postconflict state-...
Failed and fragile states often govern through the criminalization of otherwise inconsequential or t...
In recent years, considerable blood, sweat, and treasure have been devoted to building the rule of l...
In the era of international relations ushered in by the end of the Cold War, nation-building has bec...
This paper draws on my new book (North, Wallis, and Weingast 2009) to provide a new explanation for ...
A common position adopted by the international community is that establishing the rule of law afte...
Published in cooperation with the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolutio
When delivering international development assistance, states should not be able to place the goal of...
textabstractOver the past five to seven years, most international aid donors have started to pay att...
The rule of law forms the bedrock for societal and institutional organisation in the Western world. ...
The concept of state-building has become a dominant approach to rebuild weak and fragile states and ...
The central theme of this thesis is to critique and proffer appropriate legal and military responses...
This article provides a critical reflection on the efforts at legal reconstruction initiated in 2001...
This paper aims to provide a tour d’horizon of common operational initiatives and policy approaches ...
Building the rule of law in the wake of military conflict has proven to be a complex and formidable ...
Promoting the rule of law is vital for the success of domestic and international postconflict state-...
Failed and fragile states often govern through the criminalization of otherwise inconsequential or t...
In recent years, considerable blood, sweat, and treasure have been devoted to building the rule of l...
In the era of international relations ushered in by the end of the Cold War, nation-building has bec...
This paper draws on my new book (North, Wallis, and Weingast 2009) to provide a new explanation for ...
A common position adopted by the international community is that establishing the rule of law afte...
Published in cooperation with the American Bar Association Section of Dispute Resolutio
When delivering international development assistance, states should not be able to place the goal of...
textabstractOver the past five to seven years, most international aid donors have started to pay att...
The rule of law forms the bedrock for societal and institutional organisation in the Western world. ...
The concept of state-building has become a dominant approach to rebuild weak and fragile states and ...
The central theme of this thesis is to critique and proffer appropriate legal and military responses...
This article provides a critical reflection on the efforts at legal reconstruction initiated in 2001...
This paper aims to provide a tour d’horizon of common operational initiatives and policy approaches ...