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020			_a9781139055345 (ebook)
020			_z9781107014893 (hardback)
020			_z9781107694033 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP _dBD-SySUS.
050	0	0	_aKLA1612 _b.P67 2012
082	0	0	_a347.47/012 _223
100	1		_aPopova, Maria, _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aPoliticized Justice in Emerging Democracies : _bA Study of Courts in Russia and Ukraine / _cMaria Popova.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a1 online resource (210 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aWhy are independent courts rarely found in emerging democracies? This book moves beyond familiar obstacles, such as an inhospitable legal legacy and formal institutions that expose judges to political pressure. It proposes a strategic pressure theory, which claims that in emerging democracies, political competition eggs on rather than restrains power-hungry politicians. Incumbents who are losing their grip on power try to use the courts to hang on, which leads to the politicization of justice. The analysis uses four original datasets, containing 1,000 decisions by Russian and Ukrainian lower courts from 1998 to 2004. The main finding is that justice is politicized in both countries, but in the more competitive regime (Ukraine) incumbents leaned more forcefully on the courts and obtained more favorable rulings.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107014893
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139055345
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c38699 _d38699