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

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Publication details:
Chicago : Univ of Chicago Press, 2003.
Record id:
23336
Author:
Ramseyer, J. Mark, 1954-, author.
Rasmusen, Eric B., author. 
Series:
Studies in law and economics.
Subject:
Judicial independence -- Japan.
Judges -- Japan.
Judicial process -- Japan.
Political questions and judicial power -- Japan.
Courts -- Japan.
Contents:
Introduction : 1968
1. The setting
2. Preliminary empirics: methodology and Communist judges
3. The effect of judicial decisions: anti-government opinions and electoral law disputes
4. Political disputes: military malapportionment, injunctions, and constitutional law
5. Administrative disputes: taxpayers against the government
6. Criminal cases: suspects against the government
7. Toward a party-alternation theory of comparative judicial independence
8. Conclusions.
Note:
Includes index.
ISBN:
0226703886
Phys. description:
xii, 201 pages ; 24 cm