Rule by law the politics of courts in authoritarian regimes / edited by Tom Ginsburg, Tamir Moustafa.
| Other author | Ginsburg, Tom. |
| Other author | Moustafa, Tamir. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Cambridge [UK] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, |
| Description | x, 378 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| 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. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 337-362) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2007048073 |
| ISBN | 9780521895903 (hardback) |
| ISBN | 9780521720410 (pbk.) |