Seeking Supremacy The Pursuit of Judicial Power in Pakistan

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - Brandeis University, 2018) issued under title: Judging the generals: judicial-military interactions in authoritarian and post-authoritarian states.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Yasser Kureshi is the John and Daria Barry Postdoctoral Fellow in constitutional theory and law at the University of Oxford. His research concerns the military and the judiciary and their impact on constitutional configurations and democratic outcomes in authoritarian and post-authoritarian states. His other research interests include democratic backsliding in South Asia, coup legitimation strategies, federalism, and the making of legal cultures. His work has appeared in the Journal of Comparative Politics, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, and Democratization.

Zusammenfassung

Using qualitative methods, this book shows how Pakistan's judiciary shifted from deference to competition with the military, developing a framework that explains judicial-military relations in authoritarian and post-authoritarian states. It illuminates ongoing debates in the fields of law, political science, postcolonial and South Asian studies.

Vorwort

Develops a framework to explain shifts in judicial assertiveness towards militaries, using Pakistan as an illuminating case study.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Yasser Kureshi, Kureshi Yasser Kureshi, Yasser (University of Oxford) Kureshi
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 31.07.2022
• Thema: Ratgeber > Recht, Beruf, Finanzen > Familienrecht; Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Soziologie > Soziologische Theorien; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Regional- und Ländergeschichte
• EAN: 9781316516935
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51693-5
• Anzahl Seiten: 234
• Serie: Cambridge Studies in Law and S; Cambridge Studies in Law and Society
• Themen: Sociology, PHILOSOPHY / Social, PHILOSOPHY / Political, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, HISTORY / World, General & world history, Systems of law, Social & political philosophy, social and political philosophy, Political structure & processes, General and world history, Political structure and processes, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law