The Efficacy of Judicial Review: The Rule of Law and the Promise of Independent Courts

Name: The Efficacy of Judicial Review: The Rule of Law and the Promise of Independent Courts
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9781009388924
Price: 1261.00 HKD
Availability: InStock
Author: Amanda Driscoll; Jay N. Krehbiel; Michael J. Nelson
ISBN: 9781009388924

Edited by Amanda Driscoll · Jay N. Krehbiel · Michael J. Nelson

Cambridge University Press September 2025

Specifications

ISBN-13: 9781009388924
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: September 2025
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Over the past century, countries around the globe have empowered constitutional courts to safeguard the rule of law. But when can courts effectively perform this vital task? Drawing upon a series of survey experiments fielded in the United States, Germany, Hungary, and Poland, this book demonstrates that judicial independence is critical for judicial efficacy, showing that independent courts are uniquely capable of empowering citizens to punish executives who flout the rule of law, while also demonstrating that weak courts are unable to generate public support for upholding the rule of law.

This important work concludes that, while judicial efficacy is neither universal nor automatic, courts-so long as they are viewed by the public as independent-can provide an effective check on executives and promote the rule of law.

1. The promise of judicial review

2. Theorizing judicial efficacy

3. How, when, and where to evaluate judicial efficacy

4. Measuring public support for the rule of law

5. How judicial independence facilitates State constraint

6. Citizens' convictions and judicial review

7. Judicial review Amid partisan publics

8. Do partisan litigants weaken judicial efficacy?

9. The prospects of judicial review

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