Independent Judicial Review and Judicial Selectorates’ Reforms: Politics, Policy and Institutional Path Dependence

• In Event: The Structure of the Judiciary

Brief Overview

Governments initiate reforms in constitutional courts by reforming judges’ nomination rules. However, that effect is unclear. We use data from Israel showing the effect of institutions on such reforms.

Authors

• Maoz Rosenthal, Interdisciplinary Center (IDC), Herzliya

• Gad Barzilai, University of Haifa

• Assaf Meydani, The Academic College of Tel-Aviv Yafo