Threats to Rule of Law Resilience

RESILIO-ACCESS Snapshot Series

The Snapshots are a series of comprehensive analyses on how to study the resilience of the rule of law in EU accession countries. Using concrete empirical examples from the candidate countries, they use the RESILIO-ACCESS model as an analytical framework to explain how the resilience of the rule of law can be measured.

The Snapshots cover primary and subsidiary resilience resources.

This Snapshot analysis presents a systems-based approach to understanding threats to the rule of law resilience. Drawing on systems theory and resilience thinking, we will identify three key capacities that shape how the legal system responds to pressure: feedback, functional separation, and adaptive capacity. This approach shifts the focus from isolated violations or institutional failures to the broader political, economic, and social pressures that affect whether legal decisions remain consistent, independent, and credible.

Such a framework also provides a clear foundation for the indicators used in the RESILIO-ACCESS model, linking theory to observable stress factors.

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Threats to Rule of Law Resilience

About the RESILIO-ACCESS: Resilience Observatory on the Rule of Law in EU Accession Candidates project: How resilient is the rule of law in the EU enlargement countries? RESILIO-ACCESS uses an interdisciplinary approach to answer this question and identifies how EU enlargement policy can contribute to resilient democratic structures in the region.

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