| Description |
1 online resource (x, 378 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Of judges and generals : security courts under authoritarian regimes in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile / Anthony W. Pereira -- Administrative law and judicial control of agents in authoritarian regimes / Tom Ginsburg -- Singapore : the exception that proves rules matter / Gordon Silverstein -- Agents of anti-politics : courts in Pinochet's Chile / Lisa Hilbink -- Law and resistance in authoritarian states : the judicialization of politics in Egypt / Tamir Moustafa -- Courts out of context : authoritarian sources of judicial failure in Chile (1973--1990) and Argentina (1976--1983) / Robert Barros -- Enforcing the autocratic political order and the role of courts : the case of Mexico / Beatriz Magaloni -- The institutional diffusion of courts in China : evidence from survey data / Pierre Landry -- Building judicial independence in semi-democracies : Uganda and Zimbabwe / Jennifer Widner with Daniel Scher -- Judicial power in authoritarian states : the Russian experience / Peter H. Solomon -- Courts in a semi-democratic authoritarian regime : the judicialization of Turkish and Iranian politics / Hootan Shambayati -- Judicial systems and economic development / Hilton L. Root and Karen May -- Courts in authoritarian regimes / Martin Shapiro |
| Summary |
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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-362) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| SUBJECT |
Europäisches Gericht gnd |
| Subject |
Courts -- Political aspects
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Justice, Administration of -- Political aspects.
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Political questions and judicial power.
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Judicial process.
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Authoritarianism.
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LAW -- Courts.
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Authoritarianism
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Judicial process
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Justice, Administration of -- Political aspects
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Political questions and judicial power
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Autoritärer Staat
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Internationaler Vergleich
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Justiz
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ginsburg, Tom.
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Moustafa, Tamir.
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| ISBN |
9780511397318 |
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0511397313 |
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0511398085 |
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9780511398087 |
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9780511814822 |
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0511814828 |
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1107187893 |
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9781107187894 |
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1281383864 |
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9781281383860 |
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9786611383862 |
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6611383867 |
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0511401019 |
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9780511401015 |
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0511396589 |
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9780511396588 |
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0511398913 |
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9780511398919 |
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