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.

Table of Contents:
Contents; 1 Introduction to the Research Handbook on Law and Political Systems 1 Robert M. Howard, Rebecca A. Reid, and Kirk A. Randazzo 2 Court-curbing through legal reforms or coercion? 8 Aylin Aydin-Cakir 3 Majoritarians in robes 25 Todd Curry and Michael Romano 4 Gender, race, and politics in judicial process 40 Tao Dumas and Alexandra Mannix 5 Judges and politics in UK courts 57 Lewis Graham 6 Government transparency and judicial deference 71 Gbemende Johnson 7 A court of law or a court of judges? 85 Maoz Rosenthal and Shai Talmor 8 Planting seeds but bearing different fruit 99 Kyle Shen 9 Explaining congressional support for the federal judiciary 122 Jake S. Truscott and Teena Wilhelm 10 Instrumentalization of constitutional law in Central Asia 139 Alexei Trochev and Alisher Juzgenbayev 11 Politicization of courts in European democracies 169 Maria Popova and Christine Rothmayr Allison 12 Constitution-making and transnational expertise: lessons from the 2014 Tunisian Constitution 186 Alicia Pastor y Camarasa 13 The battle for judicial independence 200 Mónica Castillejos-Aragón 14 Public support and compliance with high courts around the world 212 Amanda Driscoll and Martín Gandur 15 Open justice at highest courts 234 Philipp Meyer 16 Courting dissent 254 Hayley Munir and Syed Rashid Munir 17 The theoretical and empirical relationship between legal pluralism and economic development 271 Valenta Kabo 18 The Caribbean Court of Justice 289 Harold A. Young 19 Law and violence against civilians 305 M.P. Broache 20 Strategic deference of the European Court of Justice 325 Joshua Boston and Dino Hadzic 21 Conclusion to the Research Handbook on Law and Political Systems 344 Kirk A. Randazzo, Rebecca A. Reid, and Robert M. Howard Index 355

About the Author :
Edited by Robert M. Howard, Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science, Georgia State University, Kirk A. Randazzo, Professor of Political Science, Chair, Department of Political Science, University of South Carolina, Rebecca A. Reid, Associate Professor of Political Science, Department of Political Science and Public Administration, University of Texas at El Paso, US

Review :
‘Definitely not the usual assortment of judicial studies, this exciting and innovative research uses sophisticated methodologies to analyze evolving interactions between law and politics in a variety of political systems across the globe. Written by an impressive array of esteemed scholars and rising stars, this fresh new collection is truly an outstanding achievement.’