Holgado & Urribarri (2024), “The Dark Side of Legalism: Abuse of the Law and Democratic Erosion in Argentina, Ecuador, and Venezuela”.

Holgado, B. G., & Urribarri, R. S. (2024). The Dark Side of Legalism: Abuse of the Law and Democratic Erosion in Argentina, Ecuador, and Venezuela. American Behavioral Scientist, 68(12), 1578-1596. https://doi.org/10.1177/00027642241268332 (Original work published 2024) …

Garcia Holgado & Urribarri, (2023) “Court-packing and democratic decay: A necessary relationship? Global Constitutionalism”

Garcia Holgado, B., & Sánchez Urribarri, R. (2023). Court-packing and democratic decay: A necessary relationship? Global Constitutionalism, 12(2), 350–377. doi:10.1017/S2045381723000011 A growing body of literature on the role of courts in democratic backsliding claims that court-packing weakens …

Michelson & Li (2012). “Judicial performance without independence: the delivery of justice and political legitimacy in rural China”..

Michelson, E., & Li, K. (2012, May). Judicial performance without independence: the delivery of justice and political legitimacy in rural China. In Prepared for workshop on works-in-progress on Chinese law. The debate over whether weak judicial …

Painter (2024), “Avoision: When Go oision: When Government Lawy ernment Lawyers Turn the So urn the Sovereign Against eign Against Itself”

The article Avoision: When Government Lawyers Turn the Sovereign Against Itself (Case Western Reserve Law Review, 2024) argues that when government lawyers engage in “avoision”—working at the edge of legality to help political superiors achieve …

Piana (2010), “Judicial Accountabilities in New Europe: From Rule of Law to Quality of Justice.”

Daniela Piana, Judicial Accountabilities in New Europe: From Rule of Law to Quality of Justice (1st ed.). London: Routledge, 2010.  Summary: This volume focuses on a highly challenging aspect of all European democracies, namely the issue …

Gerzso (2023), “Judicial resistance during electoral disputes: Evidence from Kenya.”

Thalia Gerzso,”Judicial resistance during electoral disputes: Evidence from Kenya.” Electoral Studies, vol.85 (2023), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2023.102653. Summary: Over the last decade, African courts have played an important role in the conduct of free and fair elections. In Kenya, …

Lai (2022), “Securitisation or Autocratisation? Hong Kong’s Rule of Law under the Shadow of China’s Authoritarian Governance.”

Yan-Hao Lai, “Securitisation or Autocratisation? Hong Kong’s Rule of Law under the Shadow of China’s Authoritarian Governance.” Journal of Asian and African Studies, vol. 58, no. 1 (2022): 8-25. Summary: This article examines the nature …