Informality and Courts by Bjrn Dressel, Raul Sanchez-Urribar... - 9781399535250

Name: Informality and Courts by Bjrn Dressel, Raul Sanchez-Urribar... - 9781399535250
Brand: Edinburgh University Press

Edinburgh University Press

Informality and CourtsComparative Perspectives\nAuthor(s): Bjrn Dressel, Raul Sanchez-Urribarri, Alexander Stroh-Steckelberg\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Edinburgh University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Edinburgh University Press\nISBN-13: 9781399535250, 978-1399535250\nSynopsis\nThis volume explores an understudied aspect of courts: The extent to which informal institutions and relational networks ([url] professional, clientelist, family etc.) relations affect how courts are organised and operate. For instance, to what extent can good personal relations outweigh professional merits in judicial appointment processes? Or in what ways do international or domestic judicial networks help protect courts against other branches of power? Our relational-institutional perspective allows us to better understand a variety of important processes for the comparative study of courts including judicial appointments, judicial decision-making, judicial administration, institutional development,.