Judicial Activism in Comparative Perspective

Lori Hausegger is Professor of Political Science at Boise State University. She holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from Ohio State University, and a MA and BA from the University of Calgary. Her research focuses on judicial selection, judicial decision making and comparative courts with an emphasis on Canada. Raul Sanchez-Urribarri is a Senior Lecturer in Legal Studies at La Trobe University. He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science (University of South Carolina), an LL.M. (Cambridge University), and a Law Degree (UCAB, Caracas). His research focuses on comparative law and courts in Latin America.

List of Illustrations and Tables – Acknowledgments – Lori Hausegger/Raul Sanchez Urribarri: Studying Judicial Activism in Comparative Perspective – Jeffrey K. Staton: Judicial Activism in Comparative Law and Politics – Richard L. Pacelle, Jr.: The Complementary Use of Judicial Activism and Restraint in the United States Supreme Court – Monica Lineberger: If You Give a Mouse a Cookie, He Might Want a Glass of Milk: Judicial Activism in the United Kingdom – Troy Riddell/Lori Hausegger/Nicole Scott: Judicial Activism in Canada: Overturning Precedent at the Lower Court Level – Vicente F. Benítez-R./Fabio Enrique Pulido-Ortiz/Pablo Rivas-Robledo: Judicial Activism as the (Im)proper Use of Judicial Powers: A Look at the Colombian Constitutional Court – Bruce M. Wilson: Accountability Function and Rights Realization: An Examination of Costa Rica’s Assertive Apex Court – Thomas R. Bustamante/Emilio Peluso Neder Meyer: Judicial Activism as a Threat to the Rule of Law – Raul A. Sanchez Urribarri: Authoritarian Judicial Activism: A Look at the Venezuelan Case under Chavismo – Andrea Castagnola/Gabriela Bonzi/Shirley Franco/Aníbal Pérez-Liñán: Judicial Activism in Paraguay: A Reactive Form of Compensatory Justice – Rebecca A. Reid: Judicial Activism in Human Rights: IACtHR, Conventionality Control, and the Mexican Supreme Court – Lee Demetrius Walker: Measuring Judicial Legitimacy as an Explanatory Factor of Judicial Activism – Susan Achury: An Institutional Approach to Judicial Activism – Lori Hausegger/Raul Sanchez Urribarri: Concluding Remarks: Towards a Comparative Theory of Judicial Activism – Notes on Contributors – Index.