Judicial Activism in Comparative Perspective

This book contributes to current debates on a major topic in comparative law and courts research that, despite its importance in and outside the scholarly world, remains subject to significant debate. Cover Contents List of Illustrations and Tables Acknowledgments Chapter 1. Studying Judicial Activism in Comparative Perspective (Lori Hausegger / Raul Sanchez Urribarri) Chapter 2. Judicial Activism in Comparative Law and Politics (Jeffrey K. Staton) Chapter 3. The Complementary Use of Judicial Activism and Restraint in the United States Supreme Court (Richard L. Pacelle, Jr.) Chapter 4. If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, He Might Want a Glass of Milk: Judicial Activism in the United Kingdom (Monica Lineberger) Chapter 5. Judicial Activism in Canada: Overturning Precedent at the Lower Court Level (Troy Riddell / Lori Hausegger / Nicole Scott) Chapter 6. Judicial Activism as the (Im)proper Use of Judicial Powers: A Look at the Colombian Constitutional Court (Vicente F. Benítez-R. / Fabio Enrique Pulido-Ortiz / Pablo Rivas-Robledo) Chapter 7. Accountability Function and Rights Realization: An Examination of Costa Rica’s Assertive Apex Court (Bruce M. Wilson) Chapter 8. Judicial Activism as a Threat to the Rule of Law (Thomas R. Bustamante / / Emilio Peluso Neder Meyer) Chapter 9. Authoritarian Judicial Activism: A Look at the Venezuelan Case under Chavismo (Raul A. Sanchez Urribarri) Chapter 10. Judicial Activism in Paraguay: A Reactive Form of Compensatory Justice (Andrea Castagnola / Gabriela Bonzi / Shirley Franco / Aníbal Pérez-Liñán) Chapter 11. Judicial Activism in Human Rights: IACtHR, Conventionality Control, and the Mexican Supreme Court (Rebecca A. Reid) Chapter 12. Measuring Judicial Legitimacy as an Explanatory Factor of Judicial Activism (Lee Demetrius Walker) Chapter 13. An Institutional Approach to Judicial Activism (Susan Achury) Chapter 14. Concluding Remarks: Towards a Comparative Theory of Judicial Activism (Lori Hausegger / Raul Sanchez Urribarri) Notes on Contributors Index Series Index