Building Rule of Law: From Buzzword to Reality

Jean Rogers writes(PDF):

Transition to a rule-of-law system requires a shift in values that must permeate the implementing institutions and the public. As mentioned before, the values include respect for the law, supremacy of the law, recognition of rights, equality under the law, government restraint, and fair and impartial enforcement. Assessing functioning norms in the informal sector and adapting them for formal laws is one key way to gain acceptance of change from the grassroots. Such change may still encounter resistance within various levels of government, however. Thus, political will from the top and push for change from the grassroots are both key to making the shift effectively.