How to measure the rule of law

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I argue that the rule of law consists of many dimensions and that much information is lost when variables proxying for these dimensions are simply aggregated. I draw on the most important innovations from various legal traditions to propose a concept of the rule of law likely to find general support. To make the concept measurable, an ideal approach is contrasted with a pragmatic one. The pragmatic approach consists of eight different dimensions. I show that the bivariate correlations between them are usually very low, evidence that more fine-grained indicators of the rule of law, rather than a single hard-to-interpret one, are necessary for its measurement. The paper presents a list of desirable variables that could improve the measurement of various aspects of the rule of law.

Angaben zum Objekt

• Sprache: Englisch

Verweise und Beziehungen

• Erschienen in: Series: MAGKS Joint Discussion Paper Series in Economics ; No. 2009,38

Klassifikation und Themen

• Klassifikation: Wirtschaft ; Economic Methodology ; Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Microeconomic Data; Data Access ; Methodology for Collecting, Estimating, and Organizing Macroeconomic Data; Data Access ; Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government ; Law and Economics: General ; Formal and Informal Sectors; Shadow Economy; Institutional Arrangements ; Institutions and Growth ; Comparative Studies of Countries
• Thema: Rule of Law ; Institutions ; Governance ; Measurement ; Formal vs. Informal Institutions

Beteiligte, Orts- und Zeitangaben

• Ereignis: Geistige Schöpfung
• (wer): Voigt, Stefan
• Ereignis: Veröffentlichung
• (wer): Philipps-University Marburg, Faculty of Business Administration and Economics
• (wo): Marburg
• (wann): 2009

Weitere Informationen

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/30141
• Letzte Aktualisierung: 10.03.2025, 11:44 MEZ