The thematic dataset on laws and liberties provides a range of variables related to the rule of law and civil liberties, touching on aspects like access to justice, access to information, protection from governmental overreach, general rights, political influence on the judiciary, and equality before the law. It also includes variables containing information about crime and variables related to the institutional structure of the judiciary and the place of the judiciary within the broader political system.
The purpose of the dataset is to provide researchers and policymakers with comprehensive, high-quality data on the extent of political and personal rights of citizens, the independence of the judiciary, and indicators on the impartial provision of justice.
This dataset includes one observation per country and year. Variables relating to the topic Laws and Liberties are merged to country and year identifiers from the Demscore Country-Year Output Unit. Please note that data for some variables in this dataset may have been collected at a different level of analysis.
| Version | 6 |
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| Published | October 2025 |
| Formats | CSV, STATA, R |
