Table of Contents

Foreword 7
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States

Introduction 9
Richard J Goldstone
Retired justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
Robert A Stein
University of Minnesota Law School

The rule of law 11
Robert A Stein
University of Minnesota Law School

Independence of the judiciary 19
Richard J Goldstone
Retired justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa

Internationalisation of the rule of law 25
Richard J Goldstone
Retired justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa

Economic sustainability and the rule of law 35
Chee Soon Juan
Singapore Democratic Party

The challenge of corruption to the rule of law 45
Homer Moyer
Miller & Chevalier
Jose Carlos Ugaz Sanchez-Moreno
Transparency International Benites, Forno & Ugaz law firm
Paul A Volcker
The Volcker Alliance
Stephen S Zimmermann
World Bank Group

Magna Carta and the rule of law 61
Hilary Heilbron
Brick Court Chambers
William C Hubbard
Nelson, Mullins, Riley & Scarborough LLP Former president of the American Bar Association
Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury
UK Supreme Court
Lord Phillips of Worth Matravers
The Dickson Poon School of Law First president of the UK Supreme Court
James R Silkenat
Sullivan & Worcester LLP Former president of the American Bar Association

Women's inequality and the rule of law: Latin America and reproductive rights 75
Michele Bratcher Goodwin
University of California, Irvine School of Law
Allison M Whelan
US Federal Court of Appeals

Women's equality under the rule of law in India 91
Rajas Kasbekar
Little & Co

Judicial independence in Islam 99
Essam Al Tamimi
Al Tamimi & Co

Rule of law programmes: a primer 109
Michael Maya
International Bar Association

Culture, youth and neuroscience: implications for rule of law programmes 127
Michael Maya
International Bar Association

Rule of law promotion efforts moving forward 135
Michael Maya
International Bar Association

Prospects and challenges for the rule of law 153
Richard J Goldstone
Retired justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
Robert A Stein
University of Minnesota Law School

Appendices 157
Appendix A: Universal Declaration of Human Rights

Appendix B: International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

Appendix C: The Constitution of the United States

Appendix D: The South African Bill of Rights

About the authors 209

Reviews

This book offers a useful international perspective on the rule of law itself, its implications worldwide and the theory and practice by which it may, or might, be introduced and implemented across a range of jurisdictions. -- Phillip Taylor * Richmond Green Chambers *