Book contents
- Judicial Vetoes
- Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
- Judicial Vetoes
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Implications of Mixed Judicial Selection on Decision-Making
- 3 Mixed Judicial Selection
- 4 The Chilean Constitutional Tribunal in Political Context
- 5 The Colombian Constitutional Court in Political Context
- 6 Determinants of Legal Invalidation by Constitutional Judges
- 7 Determinants of Legal Invalidation by Constitutional Courts
- 8 Weak Judicial Vetoes and Contentious Politics
- 9 Conclusion
- Appendices
- References
- Index
8 - Weak Judicial Vetoes and Contentious Politics
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 July 2022
- Judicial Vetoes
- Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy
- Judicial Vetoes
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Implications of Mixed Judicial Selection on Decision-Making
- 3 Mixed Judicial Selection
- 4 The Chilean Constitutional Tribunal in Political Context
- 5 The Colombian Constitutional Court in Political Context
- 6 Determinants of Legal Invalidation by Constitutional Judges
- 7 Determinants of Legal Invalidation by Constitutional Courts
- 8 Weak Judicial Vetoes and Contentious Politics
- 9 Conclusion
- Appendices
- References
- Index
Summary
This chapter evaluates two dimensions that form a metric for evaluating the quality of courts’ decisions: the outcome of the case and the strength of the case determined by the level of dissensus. These two dimensions create four kinds of judicial decisions characterized as those that are either strongly or weakly deferential and those that provide strong or weak checks on the government. The chapter focuses on weak judicial vetoes issued by the two courts, noting their prevalence and connection to contentious political issues experienced in each country.
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- Judicial VetoesDecision-making on Mixed Selection Constitutional Courts, pp. 208 - 228Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022