Politics and Judicial Assertiveness in Emerging Democracies
High Court Behavior in Malawi and Zambia
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 6338709 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Peter Vondoepp (0000-0003-4260-7436, University of Vermont, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2006 |
| Volumen | 59 |
| Número | 3 |
| Páginas | 389-399 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2006-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Political Research Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 1065-9129 • E-ISSN: 1938-274X |
| Editorial | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/106591290605900306 |
| OpenAlex | W1985438711 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 19 |
| Referencias citadas | 21 |
Focused on High Court behavior in Malawi and Zambia, this article examines the factors affecting judicial assertiveness vis a vis other power-holders in the state. Drawing from strategic understandings of judicial decisionmaking, the analysis focuses on whether and how political factors shape judicial behavior. The findings lend support for those who have emphasized such factors, in particular by indicating that judicial assertiveness is somewhat dependent on larger political conditions. The findings also suggest that the strategic view can be refined. For one, scholars should more directly consider how political factors interact with judicial preferences to shape decisionmaking. Further, scholars should appreciate how political conditions may encourage judges to embrace positions of political neutrality
Assertiveness · Judicial activism · Judicial opinion · Neutrality · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · State (computer science · Comparative and International Law Studies · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Psychology · Social Psychology
Defining the playing field
Compliance with Supreme Court Judgments in Politically Important Cases by Authoritarian and Hybrid Regimes
From the Booth to the Dock
Hegemonic preservation or horizontal accountability
The politics of litigating and adjudicating electoral disputes
Evaluating Theories of Decision-making on the Peruvian Constitutional Tribunal
Ruling against the Executive in Amparo Cases
Judicial Autonomy in Central America
Explaining dissensus on the Bulgarian constitutional court
Context-Sensitive Inquiry in Comparative Judicial Research
Resisting Executive Power Grabs
Judicial resistance during electoral disputes
The Effects of National and Local Funding on Judicial Performance
Judicial Activism in Perilous Times
Regime change and religious discrimination after the Arab uprisings
Politics and the Federal Court of Malaysia, 1960-2018
Ethnic Bias in Judicial Decision Making
The Weight of the Continuous Past
Do Truth Commissions Promote Trust in the Judiciary in African States
Judicial Review in New Democracies
The Puzzle of Judicial Behavior
Congressional Control or Judicial Independence
Legislative-Judicial Relations
The Relationship Between Independence and Judicial Review in Post-Communist Courts
The role of ethnicity in multi‐party politics in Malawi and Zambia
Democratic Experiments in Africa
The Concept of Judicial Role
Integrating Alternative Approaches to the Study of Judicial Voting
Elections Without Democracy
Delegative Democracy
The accountability function of the courts in Tanzania and Zambia
Checks and Balances by Other Means
Judicial Independence in Unstable Environments, Argentina 1935-1998
Measuring Political Preferences
The Problem of Judicial Control in Africa's Neopatrimonial Democracies
On the Struggle for Judicial Supremacy
The Logic of Strategic Defection
The Political Salience of Cultural Difference
Separation-of-Powers Games in the Positive Theory of Congress and Courts
| Obras citantes distintas | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citas por año | 1,06 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2008 - 2025 (18) |
| Velocidad de citación | recent |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 19 |