Courts Under Non-Democratic Systems, Democratisation and Democratic Breakdown

Abstract

To understand the role of Constitutional Courts and Judicial Politics in different political systems accurately, we need to expand our knowledge beyond democratic systems. Scholars started to explore the role of Courts in authoritarian regimes (Ginsburg 2008) or in democratizing countries (Sieder, Schjolden, and Angell 2005; Gloppen, Gargarella and Skaar 2003) . Nevertheless further discussions about the issues and approaches are necessary as well as comparative studies. Beyond more investigations are necessary about the roles played by Courts in the democratization process as well as in the democratic break-down. We expect papers dealing hopefully in a comparative way with any of these issues.

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