Peer-independence: The politics of judicial independence inside high courts

• In Event: Comparative Judicial Politics

Brief Overview

I develop a concept of judicial independence which I call peer-independence: that of the judge from its peers in a collegial body. I argue that the same concerns for external and internal independence are present in the case of peer-independence.

Author

• Rafael Bezerra Nunes, Yale Law School/University of São Paulo/El Colegio de México