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001 2007048073
003 DLC
005 20080717094112.0
008 071120s2008 enka b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2007048073
020 $a9780521895903 (hardback)
020 $a9780521720410 (pbk.)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aK2100$b.R85 2008
082 00 $a347/.01$222
245 00 $aRule by law :$bthe politics of courts in authoritarian regimes /$cedited by Tom Ginsburg, Tamir Moustafa.
260 $aCambridge [UK] ;$aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2008.
300 $ax, 378 p. :$bill. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 337-362) and index.
505 0 $aOf judges and generals : security courts under authoritarian regimes in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile / Anthony W. Pereira -- Administrative law and judicial control of agents in authoritarian regimes / Tom Ginsburg -- Singapore : the exception that proves rules matter / Gordon Silverstein -- Agents of anti-politics : courts in Pinochet's Chile / Lisa Hilbink -- Law and resistance in authoritarian states : the judicialization of politics in Egypt / Tamir Moustafa -- Courts out of context : authoritarian sources of judicial failure in Chile (1973--1990) and Argentina (1976--1983) / Robert Barros -- Enforcing the autocratic political order and the role of courts : the case of Mexico / Beatriz Magaloni -- The institutional diffusion of courts in China : evidence from survey data / Pierre Landry -- Building judicial independence in semi-democracies : Uganda and Zimbabwe / Jennifer Widner with Daniel Scher -- Judicial power in authoritarian states : the Russian experience / Peter H. Solomon -- Courts in a semi-democratic authoritarian regime : the judicialization of Turkish and Iranian politics / Hootan Shambayati -- Judicial systems and economic development / Hilton L. Root and Karen May -- Courts in authoritarian regimes / Martin Shapiro.
650 0 $aCourts$xPolitical aspects.
650 0 $aJustice, Administration of$xPolitical aspects.
650 0 $aPolitical questions and judicial power.
650 0 $aJudicial process.
650 0 $aAuthoritarianism.
700 1 $aGinsburg, Tom.
700 1 $aMoustafa, Tamir.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2007048073-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2007048073-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0809/2007048073-t.html