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Politics, Judicial Review, and the Russian Constitutional Court || by Carla L. Thorson (auth.) is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

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Analysis of why politicians are driven to create an independent judicial institution with the authority to overrule their decisions. It focuses on a country with no tradition of independent judicial review - Russia. History does not support an independent judiciary here; yet a potentially powerful constitutional court has existed for 20 years. Why are judicial review mechanisms being incorporated into so many states? Why do these courts become independent, powerful political actors in some cases but not in others? In this study, Carla Thorson analyzes why politicians would create an independent judicial institution with the authority to overrule their own decisions. The focus of the book is on one country with no tradition of independent judicial review or of democratic forms of governance - Russia. Past practices and historical precedent do not support the formation of an independent judiciary in Russia, and yet a potentially powerful constitutional court exists and has been functioning for 20 years. Over these two decades the Russian Constitutional Court has evolved from an institution with a great deal of power and promise to one with a much more limited role and set of responsi

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Author

Carla L. Thorson (auth.)

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan UK

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780230298729

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Political Science, Sociology, Science