Urban_areas. International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance - International IDEA. International Association for Community Development. Rule of Law and Development - World Bank. It is widely believed that well-functioning law and justice institutions and a government bound by the rule of law are important to economic, political and social development.
As a result, practitioners in the development field have turned increasing attention to reforms intended to improve law and justice institutions. However, many of the assumptions underlying law and justice reform efforts have not been subject to rigorous questioning, theorizing, or testing. The lack of well-developed conceptual and empirical underpinnings is a serious concern, especially in light of past efforts to reform legal institutions - most notably the Law and Development Movement of the 1960s - that are widely believed to have failed due to flawed or insufficient theoretical foundations. Rule of Law Law and Justice Institutions and Development Rule of Law The Rule of Law as a Goal of Development Policy The Rule of Law in Western Thought Promoting the Rule of Law Abroad U.S. Law and Development Movement. International Knowledge Network of Women in Politics.