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The article discusses the value of judicial review and the American attitude towards the dicta of the U.S. Supreme Court, as is reported in "Making Our Democracy Work: The Yale Lectures," by Stephen Breyer in the June 2011 issue of "The Yale Law Journal." Breyer raises the 2000 U.S. Supreme Court ruling "Bush v. Gore" that stopped the recount of votes in Florida in order to illustrate the acceptance of judicial authority in the U.S. Breyer warns judges not to take judicial review for granted.

The essay discusses the Special Court for Sierra Leone, formed to try those who bore the greatest responsibility for the country's 10-year civil war. In 2009, the court's mandate is almost at an end. The next step, it says, is to embed the rule of law into the society. The Court's officials interacted directly in villages from the beginning, discussing human rights and asking for input from citizens. The citizenry, it says, is conversant in concepts of human rights and humanitarian law.

Justice is hard to come by at the best of times in Colombia, where armed groups kill with impunity and politicians have close ties with rightwing paramilitaries. So when a [...]

The world is very complex and, at the same time, very simple; and a broad view of the applicability of the law in our society is something I wish (had [...]

THIS HAS BEEN A MEMORABLE YEAR FOR THE ABA. We marched on Washington, D.C., to stand up for lawyers, judges and the rule of law in Pakistan. We advanced dozens [...]

The article offers information on the topics discussed during the Judicial Conference of the U.S. as well as on the World Justice Project (WJP) of the American Bar Association (ABA). The Judicial Conference had voted for the creation of 67 new federal judgeships, for the court of appeals and district courts. Meanwhile, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation have forwarded $1.75 million grant to the charity fund of ABA to finance the World Justice Project in promoting the rule of law.

The article discusses various social and economic aspects of the rule of law in places such as China, focusing on the efforts to promote justice and liberty, as well as information about political corruption in China and Chinese President Xi Jinxing's views about the powers of his nation's courts. Secret trials are mentioned, along with punishment and public office-related abuses. Nobel Prize-winning economist and philosopher Friedrich A. von Hayek's views on the rule of law are also examined.

The article focuses on law development in 2015, including the Global Law Summit (GLS), changes to legal aid rules, and efforts to increase access to justice. Information is provided on the promotion of the rule of law, law in emerging economies, and the launch of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) Economic Community.