Measuring judicial independence : the political economy of judging in Japan /

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The role of the U.S. Supreme Court in the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election raised questions in the minds of many Americans about the relationships between judges and political influence; the following years saw equally heated debates over the appropriate role of political ideology in sele...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Ramseyer, J. Mark, 1954-
Other Authors: Rasmusen, Eric
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2003.
Series:Studies in law and economics (Chicago, Ill.)
Subjects:
Judges > Japan.
Judicial process > Japan.
Political questions and judicial power > Japan.
Courts > Japan.
Juges > Japon.
Processus judiciaire > Japon.
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire > Japon.
Tribunaux > Japon.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
Courts
Judges
Judicial process
Political questions and judicial power
Rechtspraak.
Rechterlijke organisatie.
Onafhankelijkheid (algemeen)
Japan
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction: 1968; 1. The Setting; 2. Preliminary Empirics: Methodology and Communist Judges; 3. The Effect of Judicial Decisions: Anti-Government Opinions and Electoral Law Disputes; 4. Political Disputes: Military, Malapportionment, Injunctions, and Constitutional Law; 5. Administrative Disputes: Taxpayers against the Government; 6. Criminal Cases: Suspects against the Government; 7. Toward a Party-Alternation Theory of Comparative Judicial Independence; 8. Conclusions; Appendixes; References; Index.

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