Visions of Judicial Review

Benjamin Bricker’s book advances the study of judicial politics in comparative perspective. Going beyond the judicialisation perspective, he outlines majoritarian and counter-majoritarian visions of democracies. More importantly, he tests these visions quantitatively with data from the widely neglected Eastern European courts in Poland, Slovenia, Latvia and the Czech Republic. Worthwhile reading for scholars of judicial politics and comparative politics. -- Christoph Hönnige, University of Hannover

Visions of Judicial Review provides new theoretical and empirical insight into comparative courts and judging, particularly in Central and Eastern European democracies. Scholars and students alike will benefit from its original data and statistical tests of important concepts like majoritarianism, the use of precedent, and judicial independence. This is a timely topic, and Bricker's treatment of it is clear, rigorous, and thorough. -- Christy L Boyd, University of Georgia

Benjamin Bricker is Assistant Professor of Political Science at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, Illinois. He received his PhD from Washington University in St Louis and his Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois.