TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ramseyer,J.Mark
AU  - Rasmusen,Eric
TI  - Measuring judicial independence: the political economy of judging in Japan 
T2  - Studies in law and economics
SN  - 9780226703879
AV  - KNX1610 .R36 2003
U1  - 347.52014 23
PY  - 2003///
CY  - Chicago, [Ill.]
PB  - University of Chicago Press
KW  - Judges
KW  - Japan
KW  - Judicial process
KW  - Political questions and judicial power
KW  - Courts
KW  - Law
KW  - ukslc
KW  - thema
KW  - Jurisprudence & general issues
KW  - Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law
KW  - Legal systems: courts & procedure
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized
N2  - The Japanese Constitution, like many others, requires that all judges be 'independent in the exercise of their conscience and bound only by this Constitution and its laws'. Consistent with this requirement, Japanese courts have long enjoyed a reputation for vigilant independence - an idea challenged only occasionally, and most often anecdotally. But in this book, J. Mark Ramseyer and Eric B. Rasmusen use the latest statistical techniques to examine whether that reputation always holds up to scrutiny - whether, and to what extent, the careers of lower court judges can be manipulated to political advantage
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