This article proposes a relational approach to studying judicial politics in non-Western
societies—a framework for the systematic analysis of informal relations between judges and …

Although they are not directly accountable to voters, constitutional court judges around the
world nevertheless communicate with the general public through the media. In Judicial …

How can societies restrain their coercive institutions and transition to a more humane
criminal justice system? We argue that two main factors explain why torture can persist as a …

What explains the success of criminal prosecutions against former Latin American officials
accused of human rights violations? Why did some judiciaries evolve from unresponsive …

Does the executive's institutional hegemony represent a risk to the survival of democracy?
By hegemony, we refer to the president's ability to control other institutions, particularly the …

A number of comparative judicial scholars have argued that assertions of judicial authority
are a function of the level of fragmentation/competition in the formal political sphere …

Although many develo** countries have environmental statutes, regulations, and
resolutions on the books, these laws are rarely enforced and often ignored. Making Law …

The number of constitutional courts and supreme courts with constitutional review rights has
strongly increased with the third wave of democratisation across the world as an important …

In this article, we study the extent to which decisions by the Spanish Constitutional Court are
explained by political variables. Our theory proposes that party alignment should play an …

This chapter reviews the field of judicial politics in Brazil. After highlighting the main features
of the justice system and placing this system within the broader context of Brazilian politics …