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Comparative Courts & Legal Systems Mini-Conference: Democracy and the Courts
Thu, August 31, 12:00 to 1:30pm PDT (12:00 to 1:30pm PDT), LACC, 151Session Submission Type: Created Panel
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Democracy, elections, and state actions have been under fire in recent years, both in the United States and abroad. As the research on this panel reveals, courts and judges are often tasked, quite controversially, with resolving political disputes, enforcing contentious laws, and even, in many cases, creating the rules that govern the political landscape.
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Judicial Resilience: How Judges Manage Pressures in China's Anti-crime Campaigns - Yu Zeng, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Partisanship, Fire Alarms, and the Rule of Law - Amanda Driscoll; Jay Krehbiel, University at Buffalo; Michael J. Nelson, The Pennsylvania State University
Public Reactions to Corruption Scandals: Evidence from Brazil - David De Micheli, University of Utah; Whitney K Taylor, San Francisco State University