Institutional Responses to Noncompliance: The Ortstafelstreit and the Creation of the Austrian Constitutional Court's Mediensprecher

• In Event: Courts in the Political System

Brief Overview

This paper uses the case of the Austrian Constitutional Court and the creation of its media spokesperson to argue that the establishment of media relations offices is an institutional response by courts to noncompliance by government officials.

Author

• Jay Krehbiel, West Virginia University