Rule by law : the politics of courts in authoritarian regimes / edited by Tom Ginsburg, Tamir Moustafa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ginsburg, Tom

Moustafa, Tamir.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Courts--Political aspects.

Courts.

Justice, Administration of--Political aspects.

Justice, Administration of.

Political questions and judicial power.

Judicial process.

Authoritarianism.

Physical Description:

x, 378 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2008.

Contents:

Of judges and generals : security courts under authoritarian regimes in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile / Anthony Pereira

Administrative law and judicial control of agents in authoritarian regimes / Tom Ginsburg

Singapore : the exception that proves rules matter / Gordon Silverstein

Judicial independence in authoritarian regimes : insights from Chile / Lisa Hilbink

Law and resistance in authoritarian states : the Egyptian case / Tamir Moustafa

Courts out of context : the authoritarian sources of judicial failure in Chile (1973

1990) and Argentina (1976

1983) / Robert Barros - An authoritarian enclave? the supreme court in Mexico's emerging democracy / Beatriz Magaloni

The institutional diffusion of courts in China : evidence from survey data / Pierre Landry

Building judicial independence in semi-democracies : Uganda and Tanzania / Jennifer Widner

Judicial power in authoritarian states : the Russian experience / Peter Solomon

Courts in a semi-democratic authoritarian regime : the judicialization of Turkish and Iranian politics / Hootan Shambayati

Judicial systems and economic development / Hilton Root & Karen May

Courts in authoritarian regimes / Martin Shapiro.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-362) and index.

ISBN:

9780521895903

0521895901

9780521720410

0521720419

OCLC:

181863011

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