Kureshi (2021), “When Judges Defy Dictators: An Audience-Based Framework to Explain the Emergence of Judicial Assertiveness against Authoritarian Regimes”
Yasser Kureshi, “When Judges Defy Dictators: An Audience-Based Framework to Explain the Emergence of Judicial Assertiveness against Authoritarian Regimes.” Comparative Politics, vol. 53, no. 2 (2021): 233–55, 1–2. Summary: The article explores the conditions under which judiciaries act assertively against authoritarian regimes. Kurashi argues that the judiciary coalesces around institutional norms and preferences in response to …