This event hosts Professor Gregory Shaffer, former President of the American Society of International Law, and world-renowned expert on law and globalisation. His publications include twelve books and over one hundred articles and book chapters. Professor Shaffer's award-winning work has ranged across a variety of topics, from transnational legal ordering, legal realism, and hard and soft law, to comparative institutional analysis, public-private networks in international trade, and the impact of the rise of China – to name but a few. Professor Shaffer will be presenting his latest collection, before responding to interventions from researchers and visiting fellows on selected chapters.
Abstract
The Rule of Law Under Pressure provides readers with an accessible and richly detailed assessment of recent challenges to the rule of law. The rule of law is closely tied to both democracy and human rights. The erosion of the rule of law, within a rising number of countries and in international relations, places populations under increasingly authoritarian and rights-abusing governments and threatens to destabilize peaceful relations among states. The book brings conceptual clarity to this complex and multidimensional topic and assesses recent trends in the rule of law at both national and international levels. The opening chapter sets out the key concepts and evaluates broad transnational trends in the rule of law. Succeeding chapters assess rule of law developments at the international level and within key countries around the world.