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Judges and Their Allies

Rethinking Judicial Autonomy through the Prism of Off-Bench Resistance

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 October 2022

Alexei Trochev  and
Rachel Ellett
Alexei Trochev*
Affiliation:
Nazarbayev University
Rachel Ellett
Affiliation:
Beloit College
*
Contact the corresponding author at atrochev@hotmail.com.
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Abstract

The social construction of judicial power is a complicated process, especially in hybrid political regimes. We argue that off-bench resistance against blatant interference supported by vibrant social networks is an important manifestation of judicial autonomy. By drawing on evidence from field research, media coverage, and the existing scholarly literature, we clarify the logic of off-bench judicial resistance against external interference, outline a taxonomy of five strategies of resistance in hybrid regimes, and explain the political implications of off-bench judicial behavior.

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Journal of Law and Courts , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , Spring 2014 , pp. 67 - 91
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© 2014 by the Law and Courts Organized Section of the American Political Science Association. All rights reserved.

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Footnotes

We would like to thank Lisa Hilbink, Alex Hunneus, Kathryn Hendley, Maria Popova, Andreas Schedler, Kim Scheppele, Mihaela Serban, Peter Solomon, Alexander Stroh, and Peter VonDoepp for their helpful comments on the earlier draft of this article. We are grateful to David Klein and the anonymous reviewers for their invaluable comments and criticism. All mistakes or omissions are our own.

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