Rachel Ellett
Biographic Data
| ID | 4149514 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel Ellett |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel |
| FAMILY NAME | Ellett |
| SIGNATURE | ELLETT R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Beloit College |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 41 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Free Expression and Judicial Power in Colombia, India, and South Africa
The growth of judicial power globally has renewed scholarly debates about who benefits from increased judicial authority. Using original data, we examine the full universe of constitutional free expression decisions issued by three apex courts—in Colombia, India, and South Africa—across three categories of disputes that feature a diverse array of rights claimants. By so doing, we shed light on the limits of elite-driven accounts of judicial empow…
Rethinking Law and State Building in Sub‐Saharan Africa
This essay is a response to Mark Massoud's Law's Fragile State , and through comparative inquiry argues that highly contextualized analysis of courts is critical to gaining an understanding of judicial decision making and judicial empowerment. As Massoud demonstrates, focusing on the legal complex is a particularly worthwhile endeavor in fragile states. Although we may understand the sociology of the legal profession, we do not fully understand h…
Judges and Their Allies
The social construction of judicial power is a complicated process, especially in hybrid political regimes. We argue that off-bench resistance against blatant interference supported by vibrant social networks is an important manifestation of judicial autonomy. By drawing on evidence from field research, media coverage, and the existing scholarly literature, we clarify the logic of off-bench judicial resistance against external interference, outli…
Reworking Strategic Models of Executive-Judicial Relations
Reworking Strategic Models of Executive-Judicial Relations
Judges and Their Allies
The social construction of judicial power is a complicated process, especially in hybrid political regimes. We argue that off-bench resistance against blatant interference supported by vibrant social networks is an important manifestation of judicial autonomy. By drawing on evidence from field research, media coverage, and the existing scholarly literature, we clarify the logic of off-bench judicial resistance against external interference, outli…
Free Expression and Judicial Power in Colombia, India, and South Africa
The growth of judicial power globally has renewed scholarly debates about who benefits from increased judicial authority. Using original data, we examine the full universe of constitutional free expression decisions issued by three apex courts—in Colombia, India, and South Africa—across three categories of disputes that feature a diverse array of rights claimants. By so doing, we shed light on the limits of elite-driven accounts of judicial empow…
Reworking Strategic Models of Executive-Judicial Relations
Judges and Their Allies
The social construction of judicial power is a complicated process, especially in hybrid political regimes. We argue that off-bench resistance against blatant interference supported by vibrant social networks is an important manifestation of judicial autonomy. By drawing on evidence from field research, media coverage, and the existing scholarly literature, we clarify the logic of off-bench judicial resistance against external interference, outli…
Rethinking Law and State Building in Sub‐Saharan Africa
This essay is a response to Mark Massoud's Law's Fragile State , and through comparative inquiry argues that highly contextualized analysis of courts is critical to gaining an understanding of judicial decision making and judicial empowerment. As Massoud demonstrates, focusing on the legal complex is a particularly worthwhile endeavor in fragile states. Although we may understand the sociology of the legal profession, we do not fully understand h…
Free Expression and Judicial Power in Colombia, India, and South Africa
The growth of judicial power globally has renewed scholarly debates about who benefits from increased judicial authority. Using original data, we examine the full universe of constitutional free expression decisions issued by three apex courts—in Colombia, India, and South Africa—across three categories of disputes that feature a diverse array of rights claimants. By so doing, we shed light on the limits of elite-driven accounts of judicial empow…
Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Empowerment (2 works) · Law and economics (2 works) · Law in Society and Culture (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Power (physics (2 works)