The Rule of Law in International Development

Paradox and Practice
1. Auflage 2026
ISBN: 978-1-032-70073-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 453 g

Reihe: Law, Development and Globalization

This book critically examines how the concept of the Rule of Law has been utilised in the field of international development.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Leach, Michael C.

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Globalisierung
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Introduction

2. Theoretical, Methodological, and Interpretive Framework

3. The ‘Transmogrified Duplication’ of the Rule of Law in Development

4. The Construction and Fragmentation of RoL’s Meaning and Meaningfulness as Development Policy

5. RoL’s Conceptual Contingency in Project Design and Reporting

6. The Promotion of RoL as Meaningful Dynamic Practice

7. Conclusion

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Michael C. Leach is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Public Law and Governance at Tilburg Law School. He received his PhD (cum laude) from Tilburg Law School in September 2021 for his doctoral thesis entitled: 'A Kaleidoscope of Meaning Fragments: Understanding the Rule of Law's Paradoxes in International Development' Before his PhD he completed an M. St. in Socio-Legal Research at Oxford University, an LL.M. in Comparative Law at McGill Law School, an LL.B. in Common Law at the University of Ottawa, an M.A. in Russian and East European Studies at the University of Toronto, and a B.A. in History & Political Science, also at the University of Toronto. Between 2008 and 2011, he worked on a number of international development projects in Afghanistan in Kabul, Mazar-e-Sharif, and Jalalabad, experiences that later became the inspiration for this book. He currently lives and works in Tilburg, where he writes on a range of topics that include the Rule of Law in international development, systems and complexity theory, and climate change and law in the Anthropocene.