Introduction: The Functions of Courts in Authoritarian Politics&Tamir Moustafa and Tom Ginsburg 1
1 Of Judges and Generals: Security Courts under Authoritarian Regimes in Argentina, Brazil, and Chile&Anthony W.Pereira 23
2 Administrative Law and the Judicial Control of Agents in Authoritarian Regimes&Tom Ginsburg 58
3 Singapore: The Exception That Proves Rules Matter&Gordon Silverstein 73
4 Agents of Anti-Politics: Courts in Pinochet’s Chile&Lisa Hilbink 102
5 Law and Resistance in Authoritarian States: The Judicialization of Politics in Egypt&Tamir Moustafa 132
6 Courts Out of Context: Authoritarian Sources of Judicial Failure in Chile (1973-1990) and Argentina (1976-1983)&Robert Barros 156
7 Enforcing the Autocratic Political Order and the Role of Courts: The Case of Mexico&Beatriz Magaloni 180
8 The Institutional Diffusion of Courts in China: Evidence from Survey Data&Pierre Landry 207
9 Building Judicial Independence in Semi-Democracies:Uganda and Zimbabwe&Jennifer Widner with Daniel Scher 235
10 Judicial Power in Authoritarian States: The Russian Experience&Peter H. Solomon, Jr. 261
11 Courts in Semi-Democratic/Authoritarian Regimes: The Judicialization of Turkish (and Iranian) Politics&Hootan Shambayati 283
12 Judicial Systems and Economic Development&Hilton L. Root and Karen May 304
13 Courts in Authoritarian Regimes&Martin Shapiro 326
References 337
Index 363