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Melton, Ginsburg (2014), “Does De Jure Judicial Independence Really Matter?: A Reevaluation of Explanations for Judicial Independence.”

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James Melton, Tom Ginsburg, “Does De Jure Judicial Independence Really Matter?: A Reevaluation of Explanations for Judicial Independence.” Journal of Law and Courts, vol. 2, no. 2 (2014): 187–217. Summary: The relationship between de jure and de facto judicial independence is much debated in the literature on judicial politics. Some studies find no relationship between the …

Ginsburg (2008), “Administrative Law and the Judicial Control of Agents in Authoritarian Regimes.”

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Tom Ginsburg. “Administrative Law and the Judicial Control of Agents in Authoritarian Regimes,” in The Politics of Courts in Authoritarian Regimes. Edited by Tom Ginsburg and Tamir Moustafa, pp. 58-72. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Summary: One reason that dictators empower courts is to monitor and discipline lower-level administrative agents. This chapter applies a version of …

Ginsburg, Moustafa (2008), “Introduction: The Functions of Courts in Authoritarian Politics”

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Tom Ginsburg and Tamir Moustafa. “Introduction: The Functions of Courts in Authoritarian Politics,” Introduction. In Rule by Law: The Politics of Courts in Authoritarian Regimes. Edited by Tom Ginsburg and Tamir Moustafa, 1–22. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Summary: Political developments in the late twentieth century dramatically increased the importance of courts and judges for …

Ginsburg, Moustafa (2008), “Rule by Law: The Politics of Courts in Authoritarian Regimes”

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Tom Ginsburg and Tamir Moustafa, eds. Rule by Law: The Politics of Courts in Authoritarian Regimes. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. Summary: 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 …