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Measuring judicial independence [electronic resource] : the political economy of judging in Japan / J. Mark Ramseyer and Eric B. Rasmusen.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Studies in law and economicsPublication details: Chicago, [Ill.] : University of Chicago Press, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (xii, 201 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9780226703879
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification:
  • 347.52014 23
LOC classification:
  • KNX1610 .R36 2003
Online resources: 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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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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