# Democracy

64 Va. J. Int’l L. Online 1 (2023) ♦ Online

The Future of Democracy and the Rule of Law

Headlines warning about the crisis of declining or failing democracy are a constant drumbeat in the news media. This is not all contrived. Democracy has been in decline around the world for at least the past decade. Through my work in the international rule of law arena…

THE HONORABLE M. MARGARET MCKEOWN

58 Va. J. Int’l L. Online 1 (2017) ♦ Online

May Britain Trump America When It Comes to Democracy?

A central pillar of Donald Trump’s presidential campaign was to make the United States’ already inhospitable immigration system even less accessible to refugees and migrants. This policy has most notably been implemented by two policies of family separation…

RENÉ REYES

62 Va. J. Int’l L. Online 1 (2021) ♦ Online

Constitutional Courts in Defective Democracies

Constitutional courts exercising the power to invalidate the outputs of elected bodies can strengthen the liberal democratic character of the polities they serve in three main ways: by reinforcing representation; protecting human rights, particularly those…

MICHAEL C. DORF