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Judicial Resilience: How Judges Navigate Authoritarian Challenges (Literature Review)
This introduction to a special issue of the Oñati Socio-Legal Series summarizes 13 research papers exploring judicial independence and the rule of law under authoritarian challenges. The papers examine institutional path dependence, judicial ideology, and resistance strategies within judiciaries across various countries, with a focus on Central and Eastern Europe.
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None identified
Identified Weaknesses
The introduction primarily focuses on the papers within the special issue and may not represent the full breadth of research in the field.
The introduction itself doesn't present any new empirical data, only summarizes the findings of other papers.
Rating Explanation
This introduction provides a valuable overview of a relevant and timely topic, summarizing a collection of research papers with diverse perspectives on judicial resilience. While the introduction itself does not present new empirical findings, it effectively synthesizes existing research and highlights important themes for future study. The limitations noted do not significantly detract from the overall value of this work.
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Introduction — Judges under Stress: Institutions, ideology and resistance
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