This article examines the often-affirmed link between access to justice (AtoJ) and the rule of law. Section 2 offers an account of what we mean by AtoJ, arguing that the most plausible account of that idea has three components. Section 3 examines the rule of law. The article distinguishes between the concept and conceptions of the rule of law and argues that there is a plausible and widely shared concept of the rule of law. It shows that, on that core sense of the rule of law, there are connections, some more direct than others, between the rule of law and AtoJ. Section 4 argues that other alleged connections between the rule of law and AtoJ are not made out. The article shows that we should be circumspect about the assumed link between AtoJ and the rule of law, since it is almost always too glibly and quickly asserted.

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诉诸司法和法治

本文探讨了司法救助 (AtoJ) 与法治之间经常被肯定的联系。第 2 节提供了我们对 AtoJ 的含义的说明，认为对该想法最合理的说明具有三个组成部分。第 3 节审查法治。文章区分了法治概念和概念，认为存在一个看似合理且广泛共享的法治概念。它表明，就法治的核心意义而言，法治与 AtoJ 之间存在联系，有些联系比其他联系更直接。第 4 节争辩说，法治与 AtoJ 之间的其他所谓联系并未得到证实。这篇文章表明，我们应该谨慎对待 AtoJ 与法治之间的假定联系，因为它几乎总是过于轻率和迅速地断言。