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BEYOND THE REALMS OF FORMAL JUSTICE CRITICALLY ANALYZING PAKISTANS STANDING AT WJP RULE OF LAW

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2023(VIII-IV).03      10.31703/gpr.2023(VIII-IV).03      Published : Dec 2023

Beyond the Realms of Formal Justice: Critically Analyzing Pakistan's Standing at WJP Rule of Law

    Regretfully, Pakistan stands at 130th out of 139 countries in WJP’s report observance of the rule of law (World Justice Project, 2022). Despite the fact that World Justice Project is a Multidisciplinary collaboration which prepares its reports on the basis of certain principles including the answerable government, good laws and Access to justice etc (Agrast et al., 2012). This paper aims to comprehend the approach and modus operandi of WJP reports on adherence to Rule of Law. It further depicts the tactic used to establish the WJP Rule of Law Index. The main theme of the paper is to rectify the layman’s approach in understanding WJP report on adherence to rule of Law, carve up the onus on all the institutions fairly and discern whom to blame for the sole purpose of finding out where to improve.

    Rule of Law, Justice, WJP (World Justice Project), Index, Accountable Government, Access to Justice, Good Laws, Constraints on Government, Judiciary
    (1) Aisha Rasool
    Director, Research & Publications Federal Judicial Academy, Islamabad, Pakistan
    (2) Kamran Abdullah
    Additional Registrar, Appellate Tribunal for Inland Revenue, Islamabad, Pakistan
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    APA : Rasool, A., & Abdullah, K. (2023). Beyond the Realms of Formal Justice: Critically Analyzing Pakistan's Standing at WJP Rule of Law. Global Political Review, VIII(IV), 22-28. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2023(VIII-IV).03
    CHICAGO : Rasool, Aisha, and Kamran Abdullah. 2023. "Beyond the Realms of Formal Justice: Critically Analyzing Pakistan's Standing at WJP Rule of Law." Global Political Review, VIII (IV): 22-28 doi: 10.31703/gpr.2023(VIII-IV).03
    HARVARD : RASOOL, A. & ABDULLAH, K. 2023. Beyond the Realms of Formal Justice: Critically Analyzing Pakistan's Standing at WJP Rule of Law. Global Political Review, VIII, 22-28.
    MHRA : Rasool, Aisha, and Kamran Abdullah. 2023. "Beyond the Realms of Formal Justice: Critically Analyzing Pakistan's Standing at WJP Rule of Law." Global Political Review, VIII: 22-28
    MLA : Rasool, Aisha, and Kamran Abdullah. "Beyond the Realms of Formal Justice: Critically Analyzing Pakistan's Standing at WJP Rule of Law." Global Political Review, VIII.IV (2023): 22-28 Print.
    OXFORD : Rasool, Aisha and Abdullah, Kamran (2023), "Beyond the Realms of Formal Justice: Critically Analyzing Pakistan's Standing at WJP Rule of Law", Global Political Review, VIII (IV), 22-28
    TURABIAN : Rasool, Aisha, and Kamran Abdullah. "Beyond the Realms of Formal Justice: Critically Analyzing Pakistan's Standing at WJP Rule of Law." Global Political Review VIII, no. IV (2023): 22-28. https://doi.org/10.31703/gpr.2023(VIII-IV).03