Rule by Law (eBook, PDF)

The Politics of Courts in Authoritarian Regimes
Redaktion: Ginsburg, Tom

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Produktbeschreibung

Scholars have generally assumed that courts in authoritarian states are pawns of their regimes, upholding the interests of governing elites and frustrating the efforts of their opponents. As a result, nearly all studies in comparative judicial politics have focused on democratic and democratizing countries. This volume brings together leading scholars in comparative judicial politics to consider the causes and consequences of judicial empowerment in authoritarian states. It demonstrates the wide range of governance tasks that courts perform, as well as the way in which courts can serve as critical sites of contention both among the ruling elite and between regimes and their citizens. Drawing on empirical and theoretical insights from every major region of the world, this volume advances our understanding of judicial politics in authoritarian regimes.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780511402753
• Artikelnr.: 38193526

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction Tom Ginsburg and Tamir Moustafa; 2. Of judges and generals:
security courts under authoritarian regimes in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile
Anthony Pereira; 3. Administrative law and judicial control of agents in
authoritarian regimes Tom Ginsburg; 4. Singapore: the exception that proves
rules matter Gordon Silverstein; 5. Judicial independence in authoritarian
regimes: insights from Chile Lisa Hilbink; 6. Law and resistance in
authoritarian states: the Egyptian case Tamir Moustafa and Simon Fraser; 7.
Courts out of context: the authoritarian sources of judicial failure in
Chile (1973-90) and Argentina (1976-83) Robert Barros; 8. An authoritarian
enclave? The supreme court in Mexico's emerging democracy Beatriz Magaloni;
9. The institutional diffusion of courts in China: evidence from survey
data Pierre Landry; 10. Building judicial independence in semi-democracies:
Uganda and Tanzania Jennifer Widner; 11. Judicial power in authoritarian
states: the Russian experience Peter Solomon; 12. Courts in a
semi-democratic/authoritarian regime: the judicialization of Turkish and
Iranian politics Hootan Shambayati; 13. Judicial systems and economic
development Hilton Root and Karen May; 14. Courts in authoritarian regimes
Martin Shapiro.