Judicial Autonomy and Investment in Authoritarian Regimes

• In Event: JSS 6
  In JSS Session: JSS: Emerging Scholars on Emergent (and non-U.S.) Courts

Brief Overview

Rather than constraining authoritarian governments, I argue that autonomous judicial systems instead benefit firms because the government relies on the courts to monitor agents and prevent corruption and expropriation.

Author

• Braden Dauzat, Emory University