Alain Zysset specialises in the normative analysis of the practices of law with particular reference to international courts and tribunals. Trained in Philosophy, History and Law, Alain is currently a Reader at the School of Law, University of Glasgow, Scotland.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Authoritarian populism: an insidious threat to the court's 'democratic society'; 3. Populism: distorting democracy and corrupting the rule of law; 4. The court's 'democratic society': preliminaries; 5. The effects of populist rule: an overview; 6. Deliberative pluralism and the media; 7. The rule of law and the independence of justice; 8. The electoral eco-system; 9. Proportionality as anti-populist detector and responder; 10. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Alain Zysset specialises in the normative analysis of the practices of law with particular reference to international courts and tribunals. Trained in Philosophy, History and Law, Alain is currently a Reader at the School of Law, University of Glasgow, Scotland.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Authoritarian populism: an insidious threat to the court's 'democratic society'; 3. Populism: distorting democracy and corrupting the rule of law; 4. The court's 'democratic society': preliminaries; 5. The effects of populist rule: an overview; 6. Deliberative pluralism and the media; 7. The rule of law and the independence of justice; 8. The electoral eco-system; 9. Proportionality as anti-populist detector and responder; 10. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

Alain Zysset specialises in the normative analysis of the practices of law with particular reference to international courts and tribunals. Trained in Philosophy, History and Law, Alain is currently a Reader at the School of Law, University of Glasgow, Scotland.

• 1. Introduction; 2. Authoritarian populism: an insidious threat to the court's 'democratic society'; 3. Populism: distorting democracy and corrupting the rule of law; 4. The court's 'democratic society': preliminaries; 5. The effects of populist rule: an overview; 6. Deliberative pluralism and the media; 7. The rule of law and the independence of justice; 8. The electoral eco-system; 9. Proportionality as anti-populist detector and responder; 10. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.