> I’m not sure about Brazil, but in general it is very difficult to compare a developed country with a developing one.
The context for Brazil is mostly that it is a democracy from 1888 til nowadays, but with a shadow institutional period from the 60´s to the mid-eighties.
So the country had to rebuild it´s own institutions from the eighties til now, to serve a democracy instead of serving the wills of a dictatorship.
Now, its in a point of testing its institutional maturity, and the rule of law, by the ongoing crackdown on corruption and organized crime. A lot of big political figures from all sides (and executives) are in jail right now, and theres a current crackdown going on in the organized crime front.
But the big test right now is the current Brazilian government with its backwards policy. Will the organized institutions from the society, and the other powers besides the executive able to make a stand against going backwards?
Theres a big test going on in Brazil right now, if 'we' are able to pass this dangerous phase and still have the democratic institutions and balances in one piece, than i guess it will probably move foward and get stronger with time.
In this sense also, the US was lucky to have England as a cultural parent, because England was/is great in making solid institutions. From government to the academy.
The colonization process of the countries colonized by the spanish and the portugueses, were mostly a vampire-like kind of relation. Where they took everything they could, leaving a trail of exploitation and slavery behind.
The portuguese colonizers even used to forbid Brazil of the colonial/empire era to have a University, which we only manage to create the first one here in the 20´s.
Anyway, i guess the answer to the rule of law, is both; is "good enough for most things", and "we are getting there". Not something to be proud of, not something very advanced, but not bad either..
The context for Brazil is mostly that it is a democracy from 1888 til nowadays, but with a shadow institutional period from the 60´s to the mid-eighties.
So the country had to rebuild it´s own institutions from the eighties til now, to serve a democracy instead of serving the wills of a dictatorship.
Now, its in a point of testing its institutional maturity, and the rule of law, by the ongoing crackdown on corruption and organized crime. A lot of big political figures from all sides (and executives) are in jail right now, and theres a current crackdown going on in the organized crime front.
But the big test right now is the current Brazilian government with its backwards policy. Will the organized institutions from the society, and the other powers besides the executive able to make a stand against going backwards?
Theres a big test going on in Brazil right now, if 'we' are able to pass this dangerous phase and still have the democratic institutions and balances in one piece, than i guess it will probably move foward and get stronger with time.
In this sense also, the US was lucky to have England as a cultural parent, because England was/is great in making solid institutions. From government to the academy.
The colonization process of the countries colonized by the spanish and the portugueses, were mostly a vampire-like kind of relation. Where they took everything they could, leaving a trail of exploitation and slavery behind.
The portuguese colonizers even used to forbid Brazil of the colonial/empire era to have a University, which we only manage to create the first one here in the 20´s.
Anyway, i guess the answer to the rule of law, is both; is "good enough for most things", and "we are getting there". Not something to be proud of, not something very advanced, but not bad either..