The Internationalisation of Rule of Law – Changing Contexts and New Challenges
Summary of the Project
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 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 internationalization of rule of law:
Project Leaders
Prof. Michael Zürn, Director of the Research Unit "Transnational Conflicts and International Institutions" at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin (WZB)).
Prof. Randall Peerenboom, Director of the Rule of Law in China programme of the Foundation or Law, Justice and Society, an Associate Fellow of the Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, and a Law Professor at La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
Prof. André Nollkaemper, Professor of Public International Law and Director of the Amsterdam Center for International Law (ACIL) at the faculty of Law of the University of Amsterdam (UvA).
Duration
3.5 years, starting August/September 2009.
Grant Awarded
€500,000,-
Matching
€90,000,- (minimum)
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Contact Information
Morly Frishman
Research and Programme Officer
morly.frishman@hiil.org
+31 (0)70 3494409
