re:constitution
2019/ 2020

Nyasha Weinberg

Mobility Phase: Hertie School of Governance, Berlin & Future Society, Paris

Rule of Law Measurement

Photo: Joanna Scheffel

Nyasha Weinberg is a Public Policy Specialist and trained Lawyer. Much of her work focuses on the relationship between business, the law and human rights following her work advising Gordon Brown, the former UK Prime Minister on the legal aspects of Brexit, and as author of four Harvard working papers on the impact of Brexit on British Business. After a period spent consulting for FTSE 100 businesses on the impact of political and regulatory changes she now is a Leads Research at the Bingham Centre in the UK on the impact of Brexit on the rule of law. She received her Masters in Public Policy from Harvard University and her undergraduate degree from Oxford University. In 2020 Nyasha will begin pupillage at 39 Essex Chambers.

Rule of Law Measurement

The project aims to look at the documentation and measurement of changes to the rule of law to consider whether the current ways of measuring Rule of Law (ROL) risk are adequate and how they could be improved to support a more preventive approach to ROL protection in Europe. Indices and the underlying data on the rule of law help commentators, policy makers, politicians and jurists assess the impact of changing politics and economics on the rule of law. They are important in promoting the rule of law, early prevention of rule of law issues, and tailored responses to rule of law crises. However, these measures have a range of limitations that restrict their utility for lawyers, politicians, businesses and administrators aiming to organise and protect democratic constitutionalism. This project therefore aims to critique and build on these indices to build a deeper knowledge base on the rule of law situation across member states in the EU.