...Tyrell Haberkorn A decade on from the country’s last coup, aggressive use of a law shielding the monarchy from criticism has blocked a real return to democracy. © 2024 by The Regents of the University of California 2024 Thailand monarchy lèse-majesté democracy protests rule of law...

...Matthew M. Taylor The rule of law in Brazil suffered mightily during the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro. His pugnacious public-security rhetoric, antagonism to environmental and indigenous issues, and connivance with corruption contributed to deepening long-standing problems of Brazilian democracy...

... the revocation of Palestinians’ citizenship and the de facto annexation of the occupied territories. © 2023 by The Regents of the University of California 2023 Israel Palestinians citizenship rule of law occupied territories COVID-19 pandemic Benjamin Netanyahu As hundreds of thousands...

... to rely on a newly elected democratic government that represented the will of the people. But this change never happened. © 2021 by The Regents of the University of California 2021 Afghanistan Taliban development rule of law governance Afghanistan has a rich history of customary...

... funds from member states that violate the rule of law and other democratic norms, raising doubts about how transformative the borrowing precedent would prove to be. The European Union responded more quickly and decisively to the economic crisis created by the novel coronavirus pandemic than it did...