This paper examines whether there is a rule of law recession among member countries of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). This formal inquiry is motivated by the recent findings of a democratic recession across several countries with a long tradition of democratic values. I conduct both quantitative and qualitative analyses using the rule of law index from the World Justice Project, as well as different government and academic reports. Results show that, by and large, there is no rule of law recession among OECD member countries. Findings indicate that 12 out of the 28 OECD member countries analyzed in this paper continue to expand their level of adherence to the rule of law during the period 2014–2020. In fact, just as many OECD member countries have stable scores in their respective rule of law index. In contrast, only Turkey, Hungary, Korea, and Poland exhibit a rule of law recession.

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经合组织国家是否陷入法治衰退？

本文研究经济合作与发展组织（OECD）成员国之间是否存在法治衰退。这项正式调查的动机是最近发现几个具有悠久民主价值观传统的国家出现了民主衰退。我使用世界正义项目的法治指数以及不同的政府和学术报告进行定量和定性分析。结果表明，总的来说，经合组织成员国之间没有法治衰退。调查结果表明，在本文分析的 28 个经合组织成员国中，有 12 个在 2014-2020 年期间继续扩大其对法治的遵守程度。事实上，正如许多经合组织成员国在各自的法治指数中得分稳定一样。相比之下，