Judicialization of politics or politicization of the judiciary? Considerations from recent events in Thailand

Pacific Review

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 671-691

  Dressel, Björn ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Constitutional court; Democracy; Judiciary; Monarchy; Rule of law; Thailand

Indexed keywords

DEMOCRACY; LEGAL SYSTEM; LEGISLATIVE IMPLEMENTATION; POLITICAL POWER; POLITICS;

THAILAND;

EID: 78649438639     PISSN: 09512748     EISSN: 14701332     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09512748.2010.521253     Document Type: Article

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