In the Court of Public Opinion: Judicial Supremacy v. The Rule of Law. Reply to Conor Geary's review of 'Transnational Networks and Elite Self-Empowerment: The Making of the Judiciary in Contemporary Europe and Beyond' by Cristina E. Parau (OUP, 2018)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cristina E. Parau
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Transnational Networks ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Judicial Supremacy

Appointment With Destiny

2006 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 113-120
Author(s):  
Mihajlo Mihajlov ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Civil War ◽  
Ethnic Conflict ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
The Balkans ◽  
Independent Path ◽  
Political Persuasion

Apart from Mukovan Djilas, Mihajlo Mihajlov is considered as the most famous dissident in the Balkans--a former prisoner-of-conscience in Tito's Yugoslavia. This brief but comprehensive, autobiographical retrospective recounts some major hilights in Mihajlov's odyssey ushered in by his intellectual travelogue, Moscow Sunmer 1964, first published in full in The New Leader. Mihajlov became an embarrassment not only to Josip Broz Tito and the Soviet leaders, but also to those in die West who landed Tito's "independent path to socialism." Yet others correctly perceived Mihajlov's quest for freedom of thought, speech, press, association, religious, philosophical and political persuasion as a classic benchmark of basic human rights and freedoms characterizing open, pluralistic, democratic polities. Indeed, the Westem press contributed to the pressure of world public opinion, which helped free Mihajlov, and, as he claims, even kept him alive. In a region divided by inter-ethnic conflict and civil war, Mihajlov's struggle for the rule of law and human dignity epitomizes hopes for a better future.

scholarly journals Crime and Public Support for the Rule of Law in Latin America and Africa

2014 ◽  
Vol 6 (2-3) ◽  
pp. 153-169 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shannon I. Smithey ◽  
Mary Fran T. Malone
Keyword(s):  
Latin America ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Latin American ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Fear Of Crime ◽  
Public Support ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
New Democracies ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Sub Saharan

Abstract Crime poses a formidable obstacle to democratization in many parts of the developing world. New democracies in Central America and sub-Saharan Africa face some of the highest homicide rates in the world. Politicians, citizens, and policy-makers have raised the alarm about the growing tide of criminality. Public insecurity, coupled with inefficient and often corrupt justice systems, makes democratization uncertain. Even if new democracies do not revert to dictatorship, the quality of democracy may suffer if crime continues to rise. One particularly vulnerable component of democracy is the rule of law, as public insecurity may fuel support for extra-legal justice, and a willingness to disregard the law while aggressively pursuing suspected criminals. To test these relationships, we assess the ways in which criminal victimization, as well as fear of crime, affect citizen support for the rule of law. We utilize public opinion data collected in select countries in Latin America and sub-Saharan Africa through two widely used sources – the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) and the Afrobarometer surveys.

Public Opinion, Public Order, and Press Policy in the Neoabsolutist State: Bohemia, 1849–52

2004 ◽  
Vol 35 ◽  
pp. 81-99 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jeffrey T. Leigh
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Public Order ◽  
Constitutional Theory ◽  
Opinion Formation ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
State Finance ◽  
The Government ◽  
Economic Developments ◽  
Missed Opportunity

In the historiography of the Habsburg monarchy, the era of neoabsolutism, 1849–59, has generally been defined as either a period of reaction or one of missed opportunity when domestic policy was subordinated to the dynasty's great power interests. Historians commenting on this era have made important contributions, mostly in the area of foreign policy, state finance, economic developments, and constitutional theory, and have focused on what could or should have happened had the government chosen various reform agendas. None, however, have investigated the substantial developments then taking place in the alteration of state-society relations in the area of public opinion formation. Their interpretations have therefore missed and consequently masked the neoabsolutist state's pioneering efforts to create a wholly new relationship with the monarchy's disparate lands and peoples founded upon the rule of law under the Stadion Constitution, 4 March 1849, and then the Sylvester Patent, 31 December 1851.

The End of the Crimean Consensus: How Sustainable are the New Trends in Russian Public Opinion?

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 354-374
Author(s):  
Anastasiya Nikolskaya ◽  
Mikhail Dmitriev
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Political Rights ◽  
Ruling Class ◽  
Static State ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Social Agenda ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Ruling Elites ◽  
European Values

Abstract Since Russia’s takeover of Crimea in 2014 Russian public rallied around the flag and public opinion entered a relatively static state often called the “Crimean consensus”. The presidential elections of 2018 became a turning point in the dynamics of public opinion. Sociological data from that period reveals growing anti-establishment sentiments, demand for change, social justice, a peaceful foreign policy, and civic activism. To analyze these changes the study combines data from four rounds of focus groups with sociological surveys on the maturity of moral values and the perception of institutional injustice, conducted during 2018–2020. All sources of our sociological data demonstrate, that the main changes are associated with post-materialist values: demand for the rule of law, political rights and civic engagement prevails over concerns about basic consumption and material inequality. The data also reveals a value related rift between the ruling elites and the population. Whereas the population increasingly demands the rule of law and/or social contract, the ruling class, as the respondents perceive it, remains guided by interpersonal dealings and conformism. The essential role of post-materialist values in defining the new social agenda implies that the ongoing changes are not temporary and reversible but reflect a more fundamental process of transition to postmaterialist value system. However, given a short period of observations the available evidence is not fully conclusive. Data from the new round of European values study expected to be released before the end of 2020 can help clarify the dynamics of value change in Russia and its possible influence on the recent evolution of public opinion.

Is There a Philosophy of Statesmanship?

2021 ◽  
pp. 121-130
Author(s):  
Martin Wight
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
International Relations ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
International Politics ◽  
National Interest ◽  
Economic Sanctions ◽  
League Of Nations ◽  
Legal Order ◽  
General Will ◽  
The Rule Of Law

This essay assumes that readers will be familiar with Wight’s analysis distinguishing three traditions of thinking about international politics and will therefore recognize ‘three types’. The ‘three groups’, Wight observes, consist of (1) ‘idealists’ and ‘revolutionaries’ and ‘Utopians’ committed to serving the ‘general will’ and ‘the cause’; (2) ‘moralists’ and ‘Grotians’ dedicated to upholding treaties and the rule of law; and (3) ‘realists’ and ‘Machiavellians’ concerned with calculating how to defend and advance ‘the national interest’. With regard to survival imperatives, however, Wight holds that ‘all statesmen are realists’. He also qualifies this exposition of three traditions of thinking about international relations by pointing out that some Grotians and moralists have championed ‘a different Utopia’, an ideal distinct from the revolutionary uniformity sought by certain religions and ideologies. This different Utopia was the League of Nations, an institution designed to bring about a peaceful universal legal order. The League’s advocates expected a majority of nations, backed by world public opinion, to maintain peace and order through rational appeals and, if necessary, economic sanctions, with war as a final recourse to restore international amity.

scholarly journals RESEARCH ON THE GOVERNANCE OF GOVERNMENT NETWORK PUBLIC OPINION IN THE AGE OF BIG DATA

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 4-12
Author(s):  
Wang Chunjuan ◽  
Zhu Xiao
Keyword(s):  
Big Data ◽  
Public Opinion ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Case Analysis ◽  
Mobile Terminals ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Data Platform ◽  
The Government ◽  
Government Network ◽  
Network Public Opinion

With the popularization of mobile terminals, information is becoming more and more unimpeded, along with the advent of the era of big data. It brings both opportunities and challenges to the governance of government network public opinion. Using the literature research methodology and the case analysis, combing the research results of domestic and foreign scholars, this paper analyzes the current situation of the network public opinion governance, concludes that having initially built a big data platform for network public opinion and realized the transformation from managing to governing network public opinion, the government strengthens the awareness of the rule of law of network public opinion gradually. Also, it is believed that the government has not fully grasped the opportunity brought about by the big data, with idea, technology as well as ethical dilemma remaining. Finally, from the three aspects it provides development strategies for the government to create a healthy and green network public opinion ecology.

scholarly journals THE ESSENCE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF “PUBLIC RELATIONS” IN POLICE ACTIVITIES

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 44-54
Author(s):  
Дмитрий Буньковский ◽  
Мария Гайдай
Keyword(s):  
Public Opinion ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Empirical Methods ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Deductive Logic ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Internal Affairs

The development of the rule-of-law state under intensive evolution of public opinion requires a deep understanding of the laws governing the functioning of public opinion on state authorities’ activities. These prerequisites actualize researches on various aspects of public opinion and such related categories as “public relations”. Purpose: to study the essence and significance of “public relations” in state authorities’ activities, in particular internal affairs bodies. Methods: in this study, theoretical methods of deductive logic are used, as well as empirical methods of observation, comparison, generalization, interpretation. Results: during the study, the main characteristics of “public relations” and the key areas of public relations of institutions of the system of internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation are determined. The functions of “public relations” at different stages of interaction with the population are generalized. Recommendations are offered for choosing approaches and strategies for public relations for institutions of the system of internal affairs bodies of the Russian Federation.

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