Research Handbook on Law and Political Systems (Research Handbooks in Law and Politics series)

This Research Handbook is a multi-faceted, comparative analysis of how law and political systems interact around the world. Chapters include analyses of judicial deference, congressional support, democratic representation, politicization of courts, public support, and judicialization across multiple jurisdictions in the United States and abroad. Chapters also investigate transnational courts and the linkages between international and domestic law and politics. Addressing these relationships from a comparative perspective, the Handbook illustrates how different political contexts lead to different uses of law and how courts respond to divergent political environments. An impressive array of contributors, and the editors, examine law and political systems on a global scale through either country-specific analyses, comparative analyses, or the examination of transnational institutions. Scholars interested in law and courts, judicial politics, the rule of law, and governance will find this Research Handbook to be a valuable resource. It will provide a helpful foundation for advanced students of both political science and law and will be a useful reference tool for judges and those operating in a judicial or political sphere. Front Matter Copyright Contents Contributors 1. Introduction to the Research Handbook on Law and Political Systems 2. Court-curbing through legal reforms or coercion? 3. Majoritarians in robes 4. Gender, race, and politics in judicial process 5. Judges and politics in UK courts 6. Government transparency and judicial deference 7. A court of law or a court of judges? 8. Planting seeds but bearing different fruit 9. Explaining congressional support for the federal judiciary 10. Instrumentalization of constitutional law in Central Asia 11. Politicization of courts in European democracies 12. Constitution-making and transnational expertise: lessons from the 2014 Tunisian Constitution 13. The battle for judicial independence 14. Public support and compliance with high courts around the world 15. Open justice at highest courts 16. Courting dissent 17. The theoretical and empirical relationship between legal pluralism and economic development 18. The Caribbean Court of Justice 19. Law and violence against civilians 20. Strategic deference of the European Court of Justice 21. Conclusion to the Research Handbook on Law and Political Systems Index