Skip to main content Accessibility help
×
  1. Home
  2. Search

Refine search

Refine search

Access:
Content type:
Publication date:
Apply   From and To filters
Subject: Show more
Journals Show more
Publishers: Show more
Societies Show more
Series: Show more
Collections: Show more

Actions for selected content:

Select all | Deselect all
  • View selected items
  • Export citations
  • Download PDF (zip)
  • Save to Kindle
  • Save to Dropbox
  • Save to Google Drive

Save Search

You can save your searches here and later view and run them again in "My saved searches".

Please provide a title, maximum of 40 characters.
Cancel
×

1 results

  • 4 - Measuring Public Support for the Rule of Law

  • Amanda Driscoll, Florida State University, Jay N. Krehbiel, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Michael J. Nelson, Pennsylvania State University
  • Book:
    The Efficacy of Judicial Review
    Published online:
    16 July 2025
    Print publication:
    04 September 2025, pp 99-135

  • Summary

    The public’s support for the rule of law is a key democratic value and a cornerstone concept in the study of public support for courts. We provide the most systematic analysis to date of its measurement, correlates, and stability. We validate an updated measure of the public’s support for the rule of law, drawing on original survey data. We demonstrate that support for the rule of law is highest among the most politically sophisticated and those with strong support for democratic values. Further, we draw upon thousands of survey responses in the United States and an original six-wave survey panel in Germany to demonstrate the temporal stability of the public’s support for the rule of law at both the aggregate and individual levels. Finally, we illustrate the predictive validity of our measure through the analysis of an original survey experiment.