Smith (2022), “Judges and Democratization: Judicial Independence in New Democracies”
B.C. Smith, Judges and Democratization: Judicial Independence in New Democracies (2nd ed.). Oxfordshire: Routledge, 2022. Summary: This second edition examines judicial independence as an aspect of democratization based on the premise that democracy cannot be consolidated without the rule of law of which judicial independence is an indispensable part. It pays particular attention to the …