Economy and the Rule of Law |
There is no argument among scholars that there is a relationship between economical conditions and the effective implementation of the Rule of Law. The nature and extend of that relationship is, however, very much debated. Those that have attempted to bring the Rule of Law to developing countries have found that they cannot truly proceed until the country obtains some reasonable level of economic stability. In her book " The Shock Doctrine - The Rise of Disaster Capitalism", Naomi Klein shows how some "free market" opportunists use misery and despair and fear of national and world crises to expand their power. Is it just coincidence that as rights have been diminished by a weak Congress, removal of habeus corpus, use of torture and a defiant cloak of secrecy permeate our country along with a grab for more presidential power by the Administration that the U.S. economy has suffered terribly? The erosion of the Rule of Law in the United States in order to "protect against a "national emergency"" is a debate that must be had. Until the citizenry feel secure the economy will continue to flounder.
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