Regimes and the rule of law: Judicial independence in comparative perspective

Annual Review of Political Science

Volumn 12, Issue , 2009, Pages 345-366

  Helmke, Gretchen ^a   Rosenbluth, Frances ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Courts; Democracy; Dictatorship; Separation of powers

Indexed keywords

EID: 69049100359     PISSN: 10942939     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.polisci.12.040907.121521     Document Type: Article

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