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