The Disputed Role of the Courts
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6287844 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ronojoy Sen (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2017 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 96-105 |
| Publication date | 2017-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of democracy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jod.2017.0048 |
| OpenAlex | W2725984983 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
India’s Supreme Court has played the role of a countermajoritarian check but has also flirted with populism. This essay examines three aspects of India’s higher judiciary: the struggle between the judiciary and the other branches over “custody” of the Constitution; the question of judicial independence and who has the right to appoint judges (in India, uniquely, the higher courts claim a right to have the final say on filling their own vacancies); and the charges against the Supreme Court of judicial activism, which are tied to the institution of Public-Interest Litigation and regular judicial forays into the executive and legislative domains
Constitution · Independence (probability theory · Institution · Judicial activism · Judicial Independence · Judicial review · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Populism · Sociology · Supreme court · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
| Unique citing works | 3 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |