Rule by Law: The Politics of Courts in Authoritarian Regimes (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521720410)

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.

Author: Tom Ginsburg
ISBN-10: 0521720419
ISBN-13: 9780521720410
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 05/08/2008
Pages: 392
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.15lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Reference and Research Bk News 08/01/2008 pg. 212
Choice 11/01/2009