Courts, Public Policies and Policy Agendas

Abstract

The decisions of courts, and especially constitutional courts, strongly influence public policies. This might be either directly by blocking a change of the status quo, or indirectly by interpreting laws and defining the area of implementation (statutory interpretation). This panel invites papers dealing with the effects of courts and judicial politics on public policies. Papers having a comparative approach (e.g. using comparative policy agenda project) are especially invited.

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Revisiting the Jurisprudence of Constitutional Conflict: A Political Economic Analysis	View Paper Details
Comparing High Court Policy Agendas: Germany, France and Canada	View Paper Details
Institutional Foundations of Court Power: Appointments, Ideology and Actors in Comparative Perspective	View Paper Details
Strategic or Attitudinal? Patterns of Judicial Assertiveness in Italy	View Paper Details
What is Judicial and Judicially Induced Policy Change? - Towards a Framework for Analysis	View Paper Details