Derived from internationally accepted standards, the World Justice Project's definition of the rule of law is a system in which the following four universal principles are upheld by four universal principles. These four universal principles are further developed in the following nine factors of the WJP Rule of Law Index, which measures how the rule of law is experienced by ordinary people in 99 countries around the globe.

Concepts

checks and balances, democracy, natural rights

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Additional Tags

criminal justice, rule of law, civil justice, informal justice

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Classroom Considerations

• Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)