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The rule of law has been established as a central feature of modern states and democracies; it represents an ideal linked to political development. The rule of law rests on the idea that a society adopts through legislation a set of formal rules and norms and decides to adhere to those rules in order to regulate the behavior and interaction of individuals, public institutions and private organizations, including conflict resolution mechanisms.
Prof. Dr. Juan Antonio Le Clercq, Ph.D. in Political and Social Sciences, Department of International Relations and Political Science, UDLAP. Ex hacienda de Sta. Catarina Mártir, 72810, San Andrés Cholula, Puebla, México. E-mail: juan.leclercq@udlap.mx.
Prof. Dr. Jose Pablo Abreu Sacramento, Ph.D. in Law. Department of Law, Tecnológico de Monterrey, Campus Santa Fe, Mexico City. E-mail: jpabreu@tec.mx.
Fernando Herrera holds a B.A. in Marketing and International Business from the Universidad Autónoma de Yucatan (UADY), and a Master in Latin American Studies from Université Paris III Sorbonne Nouvelle. He has collaborated at Higher Education Institutions such as UADY and CIDE. He has also worked as a consultant for non-profit organizations participating in projects related to transparency and accountability, education and social policy. He currently works at the School of Social Sciences and Government of Tecnológico de Monterrey. E-mail: fernandoherrera@tec.mx.
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Thick descriptions (a term first coined by British philosopher Gilbert Ryle in an essay entitled “The Thinking of Thoughts: What is ‘Le Penseur’ Doing?” [1968] and expanded on by American anthropologist Clifford Gertz in The Interpretation of Cultures [1973]) are based on contextualized scientific observation of human behavior , whereas thin descriptions offer only surface level observations.
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The Global Impunity Index was launched in 2015 by the Centro de Estudio sobre Impunidad y Justicia belonging to the Universidad de las Américas Puebla. The index evaluates security and justice systems in Mexico.
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Le Clercq, J.A., Sacramento, J.P.A., Rosado, F.M.H. (2020). Introduction: Understanding the Lack of Rule of Law in Mexico. In: Le Clercq, J., Abreu Sacramento, J. (eds) Rebuilding the State Institutions. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-31314-2_1
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