Promoting the Rule of Law Abroad : In Search of Knowledge

Foreword by Jessica T. Mathews vii Preface ix Acknowledgments xv Part I. Framing the Challenge 1. The Rule-of-Law Revival 3(12) Thomas Carothers 2. The Problem of Knowledge 15(16) Thomas Carothers Part II. Questioning the Orthodoxy 3. Competing Definitions of the Rule of Law 31(44) Rachel Kleinfeld 4. Mythmaking in the Rule-of-Law Orthodoxy 75(30) Frank Upham 5. A House without a Foundation 105(32) Stephen Golub 6. Lessons Not Learned about Legal Reform 137(24) Wade Channell 7. The Legal Empowerment Alternative 161(30) Stephen Golub Part III. Regional Experiences 8. A Trojan Horse in China? 191(26) Matthew Stephenson 9. The Complexity of Success in Russia 217(34) Matthew Spence 10. Middle East Dilemmas 251(24) David Mednicoff 11. Time to Learn, Time to Act in Africa 275(26) Laure-Hélène Piron 12. Measuring the Impact of Criminal Justice Reform in Latin America 301(26) Lisa Bhansali and Christina Biebesheimer Part IV. Conclusions 13. Steps toward Knowledge 327(12) Thomas Carothers Bibliography 339(10) Index 349(12) Contributors 361(4) Carnegie Endowment for International Peace 365