Reputation and Judicial Tactics (Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy)

Shai Dothan

ISBN 10: 1316621146 / ISBN 13: 9781316621141

Published by Cambridge University Press 2016-09-01, 2016

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Reputation and Judicial Tactics (Comparative Constitutional Law and Policy)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press 2016-09-01
• Publication Date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1316621146
• ISBN 13: 9781316621141
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

This book argues that national and international courts seek to enhance their reputations through the strategic exercise of judicial power. Courts often cannot enforce their judgments and must rely on reputational sanctions to ensure compliance. One way to do this is for courts to improve their reputation for generating compliance with their judgments. When the court's reputation is increased, parties will be expected to comply with its judgments and the reputational sanction on a party that fails to comply will be higher. This strategy allows national and international courts, which cannot enforce their judgments against states and executives, to improve the likelihood that their judgments will be complied with over time. This book describes the judicial tactics that courts use to shape their judgments in ways that maximize their reputational gains.

About the Author

Shai Dothan is a senior researcher with the Global Trust Project at Tel Aviv University and an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.