rule of law

This paper asks whether features of party organization help explain Italy’s mixed performance on multiple dimensions of democratic quality, and how Italy compares to other liberal democracies over time. Focusing on two party organizational features—personalization and institutionalization—the authors first map Italy’s ups and downs across democratic dimensions relative to other liberal democracies. They then use regression analysis to test how variation in party personalization and institutionalization relates to measures of democratic quality.

Does identity politics change how people view the rule of law and courts? This paper uses original survey experiments to examine whether Americans’ support for the rule of law and the institutional legitimacy of the Supreme Court depends on which groups benefit from judicial rulings. The study tests whether group identities condition acceptance of decisions, connecting contemporary polarization and tribalization to public views about legal institutions.

This study analyzes an experimental intervention in post-conflict Liberia: the Confidence Patrols program by the Liberian National Police (LNP).