Rule by law : the politics of courts in authoritarian regimes

Publication Data

• Title Rule by law : the politics of courts in authoritarian regimes
• Contributors Tom Ginsburg, Tamir Moustafa
• Publisher Cambridge University Press
• Publication date 2008
• Publication location Cambridge
• Language English

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.

Topics

• Courts :: Political aspects
• Justice, Administration of :: Political aspects
• Political questions and judicial power
• Judicial process
• 014595906

Rule by law : the politics of courts in authoritarian regimes. ISBN 9780521720410. Published by Cambridge University Press in 2008. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.