Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction: The Functions of Courts in Authoritarian Politics
- 1 Of Judges and Generals: Security Courts under Authoritarian Regimes in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile
- 2 Administrative Law and the Judicial Control of Agents in Authoritarian Regimes
- 3 Singapore: The Exception That Proves Rules Matter
- 4 Agents of Anti-Politics: Courts in Pinochet's Chile
- 5 Law and Resistance in Authoritarian States: The Judicialization of Politics in Egypt
- 6 Courts Out of Context: Authoritarian Sources of Judicial Failure in Chile (1973–1990) and Argentina (1976–1983)
- 7 Enforcing the Autocratic Political Order and the Role of Courts: The Case of Mexico
- 8 The Institutional Diffusion of Courts in China: Evidence from Survey Data
- 9 Building Judicial Independence in Semi-Democracies: Uganda and Zimbabwe
- 10 Judicial Power in Authoritarian States: The Russian Experience
- 11 Courts in Semi-Democratic/Authoritarian Regimes: The Judicialization of Turkish (and Iranian) Politics
- 12 Judicial Systems and Economic Development
- 13 Courts in Authoritarian Regimes
- References
- Index
Contents
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- Introduction: The Functions of Courts in Authoritarian Politics
- 1 Of Judges and Generals: Security Courts under Authoritarian Regimes in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile
- 2 Administrative Law and the Judicial Control of Agents in Authoritarian Regimes
- 3 Singapore: The Exception That Proves Rules Matter
- 4 Agents of Anti-Politics: Courts in Pinochet's Chile
- 5 Law and Resistance in Authoritarian States: The Judicialization of Politics in Egypt
- 6 Courts Out of Context: Authoritarian Sources of Judicial Failure in Chile (1973–1990) and Argentina (1976–1983)
- 7 Enforcing the Autocratic Political Order and the Role of Courts: The Case of Mexico
- 8 The Institutional Diffusion of Courts in China: Evidence from Survey Data
- 9 Building Judicial Independence in Semi-Democracies: Uganda and Zimbabwe
- 10 Judicial Power in Authoritarian States: The Russian Experience
- 11 Courts in Semi-Democratic/Authoritarian Regimes: The Judicialization of Turkish (and Iranian) Politics
- 12 Judicial Systems and Economic Development
- 13 Courts in Authoritarian Regimes
- References
- Index
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- Rule by LawThe Politics of Courts in Authoritarian Regimes, pp. vii - viiiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2008