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This paper reviews the theoretical definitions on the concepts of the rule of law, democracy and economic freedom, as well as a large number of measurement projects and indexes that try to quantify them. These three dimensions of liberal democracy many times overlap and are not always well differentiated both at a theoretical and quantitative level, which is likely one of the 
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An increasing number of legal scholars and activists now identify law as an impediment to justice that must be deconstructed. The deconstructionists tear down t
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A Histoire Juridique Commune? Historiographical Frames in European and Inter-American Human Rights Narratives by Daniel R. Quiroga Villamarín :: SSRNIn every human rights court procedure, arguments related to history —tacitly or explicitly, willingly or unwittingly— are rehearsed by legal professionals, espe
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