¿Por qué los autócratas limitan judicialmente su poder? Un análisis comparado de la existencia de altos tribunales en autocracias

TY - JOUR

T1 - ¿Por qué los autócratas limitan judicialmente su poder? Un análisis comparado de la existencia de altos tribunales en autocracias

AU - Mayoral, Juan A.

PY - 2012

Y1 - 2012

N2 - The article studies comparatively the decision of the autocrats to establish or preserve high courts, analysing under which conditions they tolerate judicial institutions able to limit and review their power. Through the statistical analysis of new data on autocracies between 1972 and 2002 and case studies, the article analyses how autocrats are more prone to allow high courts in context where there is a powerful political opposition than in countries where the elite is cohesive. This ensures that these courts legitimize those decisions susceptible to generate dissent and avoid that the opposition capitalize controversial political issues that could threat the regime.

AB - The article studies comparatively the decision of the autocrats to establish or preserve high courts, analysing under which conditions they tolerate judicial institutions able to limit and review their power. Through the statistical analysis of new data on autocracies between 1972 and 2002 and case studies, the article analyses how autocrats are more prone to allow high courts in context where there is a powerful political opposition than in countries where the elite is cohesive. This ensures that these courts legitimize those decisions susceptible to generate dissent and avoid that the opposition capitalize controversial political issues that could threat the regime.

KW - Det Juridiske Fakultet

KW - High courts

KW - Judicial Review

KW - Autocracies

KW - Opposition

UR - http://www.cepc.gob.es/publicaciones/revistas/revistaselectronicas?IDR=3&IDN=1290&IDA=36496

M3 - Tidsskriftartikel

SN - 0048-7694

VL - 158

JO - Revista de Estudios Politicos

JF - Revista de Estudios Politicos

ER -