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.
Tom Ginsburg Knihy
Tom Ginsburg sa zameriava na komparatívne a medzinárodné právo z interdisciplinárneho hľadiska. Jeho práca skúma, ako ústavné právo ovplyvňuje demokratický vývoj a medzinárodné vzťahy. Prostredníctvom rozsiahlych databáz a analýz skúma globálne ústavné trendy a právne reformy. Ginsburgova perspektíva ponúka jedinečný pohľad na prepojenie práva, politiky a spoločnosti po celom svete.
