Judicial Independence in Transitional Democracies

This book presents interdisciplinary and comparative analyses of judicial independence in transitional democracies across Asia, Latin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. It examines factors that drive de jure and de facto judicial independence in transitional democracies and evaluates their relationship.

Auteur

Nauman Reayat is Lecturer in Law at the School of Law, University of Leicester, United Kingdom. Previously, he was a postdoctoral fellow of the Economic Social Research Council at the School of Law and Politics, Cardiff University, United Kingdom. His research interests include comparative judicial politics, judicial independence, and the rule of law in authoritarian states and developing democracies.

Rhona K.M. Smith is Professor of International Human Rights at Newcastle University, United Kingdom. From 2015-2021, she served the United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council as UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia.

Moohyung Cho is Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Ewha Womans University, South Korea. His research interests include comparative judicial politics, specifically judicial independence and the rule of law in authoritarian regimes and developing democracies.