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Author Tiede, Lydia

Title Judicial Vetoes Decision-Making on Mixed Selection Constitutional Courts
Published Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2022

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Description 1 online resource (326 p.)
Series Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy Ser
Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy Ser
Contents Cover -- Half-title -- Series information -- Title page -- Copyright information -- Dedication -- Contents -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Area of Inquiry and Scope of the Book -- 1.2 Brief Overview of the Main Arguments and Approach -- 1.3 Preview of the Empirical Results -- 1.4 Plan of the Book -- 2 The Implications of Mixed Judicial Selection on Decision-Making -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 The Difficulty of Striking Down Laws as Unconstitutional -- 2.2.1 Court Action or Inaction Based on Retaliation
2.2.2 Court Action or Inaction Due to Diverging and Sometimes Converging Preferences -- 2.3 Legal and Political Context for Individual and Collective Choice -- 2.4 Individual Choice and General Predictions -- 2.4.1 Judges' Preferences -- 2.4.2 Behavioral Implications of Variations in Mixed Selection Systems -- 2.4.3 Implications of the Collegial Forum for Individual Choice: The Micro to Macro Explanation -- 2.5 Collective Choice and General Predictions -- 2.5.1 Courts' Preferences -- 2.5.2 Implications of Selecting Institutions on Collective Decision-Making -- 2.6 Evidence to Support the Theory
3 Mixed Judicial Selection: Prevalence and Variation -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Mixed Judicial Selection Comparatively -- 3.3 Latin American Courts as a Focal Point -- 3.4 Why Focus on the Constitutional Courts of Chile and Colombia? -- 4 The Chilean Constitutional Tribunal in Political Context -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Brief History of Political and Economic Developments Prior to the Military Coup -- 4.3 Chile under the Junta (1973-1989) -- 4.4 Chile's Democratic Transition -- 4.5 Political Institutions in the Democratic Period -- 4.6 The Chilean Constitutional Tribunal
4.6.1 CT Origins, Powers, and Selection of Judges, 1980-2005 -- 4.6.2 CT Powers and Selection of Judges after Constitutional Reforms of 2005 -- 4.7 Chapter Summary -- 5 The Colombian Constitutional Court in Political Context -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Brief History of Political and Economic Developments Prior to the Constituent Assembly -- 5.3 The Mounting Crisis -- 5.4 Transition through the Constituent Assembly and the New Constitution of 1991 -- 5.5 Political Institutions under the 1991 Constitution -- 5.6 The Colombian Constitutional Court
5.6.1 Creation and Powers of the Constitutional Court -- 5.6.2 Selection of the Constitutional Court -- 5.7 Chapter Summary -- 6 Determinants of Legal Invalidation by Constitutional Judges -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Judges on the Chilean and Colombian Constitutional Courts -- 6.2.1 The Chilean Constitutional Tribunal Judges -- 6.2.2 Colombian Constitutional Court Judges -- 6.3 Predictions Related to Individual Choice for the Chilean and Colombian Constitutional Courts -- 6.3.1 Hypotheses Based on Judges' Individual Characteristics -- 6.3.2 Hypotheses Based on Presence or Panel Effects
Summary Provides an innovative study of how mixed judicial selection operates to influence judges' and courts' decisions
Notes Description based upon print version of record
6.4 Description of Data and Analysis
Subject Chile. Tribunal Constitucional -- Decision making
Colombia. Corte Constitucional -- Decision making
SUBJECT Chile. Tribunal Constitucional fast
Colombia. Corte Constitucional fast
Subject Constitutional courts -- Chile -- Decision making
Political questions and judicial power -- Chile
Judicial process -- Chile
Constitutional courts -- Colombia -- Decision making
Political questions and judicial power -- Colombia
Judicial process -- Colombia
Decision making
Judicial process
Political questions and judicial power
Chile
Colombia
Form Electronic book
ISBN 1009079425
9781009079426