High Courts in Global Perspective

Evidence, Methodologies, and Findings

AvNuno Garoupa,Rebecca D. Gill

Inbunden, Engelska, 2021

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Beskrivning

High courts around the world hold a revered place in the legal hierarchy. These courts are the presumed impartial final arbiters as individuals, institutions, and nations resolve their legal differences. But they also buttress and mitigate the influence of other political actors, protect minority rights, and set directions for policy. The comparative empirical analysis offered in this volume highlights important differences between constitutional courts but also clarifies the unity of procedure, process, and practice in the world’s highest judicial institutions.High Courts in Global Perspective pulls back the curtain on the interlocutors of court systems internationally. This book creates a framework for a comparative analysis that weaves together a collective narrative on high court behavior and the scholarship needed for a deeper understanding of cross-national contexts. From the U.S. federal courts to the constitutional courts of Africa, from the high courts in Latin America to the Court of Justice of the European Union, high courts perform different functions in different societies, and the contributors take us through particularities of regulation and legislative review as well as considering the legitimacy of the court to serve as an honest broker in times of political transition. Unique in its focus and groundbreaking in its access, this comparative study will help scholars better understand the roles that constitutional courts and judges play in deciding some of the most divisive issues facing societies across the globe. From Africa to Europe to Australia and continents and nations in between, we get an insider’s look into the construction and workings of the world’s courts while also receiving an object lesson on best practices in comparative quantitative scholarship today.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2021-08-30
Mått:195 x 233 x 27 mm
Vikt:575 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Constitutionalism and Democracy
Antal sidor:336
Förlag:University of Virginia Press
ISBN:9780813946153

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Nuno Garoupa is Professor of Law and Associate Dean for Research and Faculty Development at George Mason University and coauthor of Judicial Reputation: A Comparative Theory.Rebecca D. Gill is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and coauthor of Judicialization of Politics: The Interplay of Institutional Structure, Legal Doctrine, and Politics on the High Court of Australia.Lydia B. Tiede is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Houston.

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By far the most comprehensive overview of the largest set of different judicial institutions I have seen anywhere. High Courts in Global Perspective offers insights on the largest and most diverse set of judicial institutions to date and will be a focal point for the emerging community of scholars both in law and in political science interested in comparative work about the judiciary. " —Thomas Gschwend, University of Mannheim, coeditor of Research Design in Political Science: How to Practice What They Preach