[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"doc-detail-31584":3,"doc-seo-31584":27},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",{"doc_id":7,"user_id":8,"nickname":9,"user_avatar":10,"doc_module":4,"category_id":11,"category_name":12,"doc_title":13,"doc_description":14,"file_id":15,"file_url":16,"file_type":17,"file_size":18,"view_count":4,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":19,"is_downloadable":19,"audit_status":19,"page_count":20,"language":21,"language_code":22,"table_of_contents":23,"faqs":24,"seo_title":13,"seo_description":14,"update_tm":25,"read_time":26},31584,1099514067415,"Rowan","https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/avatar/100002539d78ffe74a7?x-image-process=image/resize,m_fixed,w_180,h_180&k=1779092875211072502",8,"Research & Report","The Nature, Value, and Viability of the Rule of Law Gerald J. Postema","Explores the rule-of-law idea as a central global ideal and analyzes why its realization is neither inevitable nor uniform across nations. Traces the contemporary erosion of rule of law highlighted by international institutions and documents mounting pressures that affect judicial independence, constraints on government power, and criminal justice. Connects current threats to broader political crises, including democratic backsliding and international violations, while setting up an inquiry into core concepts and later challenges such as technology and AI.","cbCaiaFUdMYeI6ms","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiaFUdMYeI6ms","pdf",4155570,1,394,"English","en","# Prologue\n# PART I CORE AND CONSEQUENCES\n## The Idea of the Rule of Law\n## Power, Accountability, and Law’s Toolbox\n## Sovereignty, Equality, and Fidelity\n## Moral Foundations\n## Democracy, Rights, and Justice\n## Realizing Law’s Rule\n## Conditions and Limits\n## Threats to Law’s Rule\n# PART II CHALLENGES\n## A Dialectic of Deference and Dissent\n## The Trust Challenge\n## Dilemmas of Discretion: Equity and Mercy\n## Executive Power Leashed: Crisis and Pardon\n## Digital Domination: Taming the New Leviathans\n## AI in Law or AI in the Place of Law?\n## Rule of Law beyond Borders\n# Epilogue\n# Acknowledgments\n# Notes\n# Index","[{\"question\":\"Why is the rule of law described as a widely appealing but vulnerable ideal?\",\"answer\":\"The rule of law has broad international appeal and is likened to a stabilizing force, yet its realization is not inevitable or invariable. 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