Popular discontent with the performance of a president should not be grounds for a military coup.
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Washington’s campaign to dismantle the International Criminal Court also masks a fear of the enduring power of the language of the law.
In a knee-jerk reaction to the situation in Ceuta, 22 EU member states are seeking to step up border security. What are the legal loopholes and do stronger controls comply with the rule of law?
Once in power, military rulers have little incentive to share authority.
In the years since the 2020 introduction Hong Kong’s National Security Law, press freedom has slowly been limited. Lai’s conviction symbolises its end.
A university president who’s a former federal judge looks at the rule of law and the Trump administration’s first year, concluding the president ‘simply lacks respect for our system of justice.’
Political trust and support for the rule of law are important for sustaining stability in democracies.
‘In America, the law is king!’ ‘No King! No Tyranny!’ For a skeptical Thomas Paine, every day was ‘No Kings Day.’
The guilty verdict against the former president could prove a historic opportunity to consolidate democracy, or begin a new phase of democratic erosion.
The meaning and application of due process has become a crucial issue in the US, most often with respect to the Trump administration’s migrant deportation efforts.
Uncertainty is the new norm.
Public trust in the US legal system and the rule of law could be undermined further by recent events.
The most meaningful check on presidential power in the Trump era will be political. That’s because courts rely on the broader political system for enforcement.
Philosopher Jason Stanley and historian Timothy Snynder have sought to explain authoritarian impulses and politics in the United States and elsewhere and how to resist these.
The US is swinging like a pendulum between more autocratic and more democratic forms of government. How long will this destabilizing pattern last?
In targeting a political rival for corruption, the Erdoğan government is widely seen as distorting the rule of law in Turkey in his supporters’ favour.
The first-ever national census of legal aid private practitioners reveals lawyers are bearing the costs of the government-funded system.
Donald Trump sentenced in New York in hush money case, but he avoids prison, probation or fines.
Citizens considered a threat to the government’s survival have become targets for enforced disappearances.
Swapo seems to attract the biggest crowds at rallies, but does it signal electoral support?
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Emeritus Associate Professor in Public Law, UCT. Visiting Adjunct Professor, WITS School of Governance; Director, Africa Programme, University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, University of Cambridge
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Professor of Sociology, University of the Witwatersrand
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Claude Leon Foundation Chair in Constitutional Governance, University of Cape Town
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