SOSC 2350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Hu Jintao, General Idea, Office Of The United Nations High Commissioner For Human Rights
31 Mar 2017
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America will always stand firm for the non-negotiable demands of human dignity: the rule of law (george bush, 2002) Rule of law" was probably the most-repeated phrase of the week (staff member, at world bank. The [un] general assembly has expressed its conviction that the rule of law is an essential factor in the protection of human rights (ohchr, notes on rule of law, 2005) President putin continues to place judicial reform and the full implementation of the principles of the rule of law among the country"s highest priorities (cordy, 2002) We must build a system based on the rule of law and should not pin our hopes on any particular leader (president, hu jintao, 2003) Rule of law is analogous to the notion of good : everyone is for it, but have contrasting convictions about what it is. There are almost as many conceptions of the rule of law as there are people defending it (taiwo, 1999)
