Politics of Judicial Institutional Design and Reform

Abstract

This panel examines the external and internal institutions and incentives structuring the exercise of judicial power. Contributions analyse how judicial autonomy is shaped by institutional design, career structures, and selection mechanisms, and how these features condition courts’ ability to act as effective checks on political power.

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Judicial Governance in Turbulent Times	View Paper Details
The Causes of Personalism on Apex Courts: Legal Systems, Incentives, and Personalism Beyond the Courts	View Paper Details
Judicial Autonomy as Tempering Power	View Paper Details
Judicial Selection and Judicial Ambition: Evidence from the Mexican Judicial Elections	View Paper Details
Building Resistance from Within: Judicial Culture in Malawi	View Paper Details