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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"Judicial Legitimacy"”.
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Analysis of the impact the judicial service commission has on judicial legitimacy in South Africa through the appointment and accountability processes
… holding them accountable. This is done by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC). The appointment and accountability processes are both contentious topics in South Africa with much debate being had about the processes selected. The importance of how these processes are undertaken is high due to …
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Lawfare and legitimacy: The wicked problem of judicial resilience at a time of judicialisation of politics in South Africa
… rise of "lawfare". Lawfare is understood as the judicialisation of politics - turning to the courts and the use of the law to resolve broadly political matters. This thesis explores the unfolding implications of the judicialisation of politics for judicial legitimacy. In the displacement of the …
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External Constraints and Internal Norms on the U.S. Supreme Court
… on the Court’s maintenance of its institutional legitimacy, I posit that external constraints on judicial legitimacy motivate the justices to abide by the norm of consensus -- even at the expense of their ideological goals. I find that, both at the Court level and individual justice levels, the …
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A Disunited Kingdom : the Legitimacy of Brexit in Light of the Devolved Structure of the UK
… regarding both the inherent democratic and judicial legitimacy of the 2016 Brexit referendum in light of the asymmetric devolutionary structure of the United Kingdom. The history and contemporary implementation of devolution is thoroughly researched, alongside a foundational understanding of …
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Saving This Honorable Court: Supreme Court Legitimacy and Support for Court Reform
… discussions indicate a decrease of the Court's legitimacy which will have detrimental effects on the rule of law and minority rights. Indeed, several generations of political science scholarship have exam- ined the relationship between institutional support for the Supreme Court and its ability …
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Penal Communication in Crown Court Sentencing
… The topic is important for three main reasons: judicial pronouncements at sentencing have the potential to impact defendants’ desistance pathways, to affect victims’ abilities to move on with their lives, and to influence wider public perceptions of the legitimacy of justice, and confidence that …