Judicial independence
People
Publications
Assessing Judicial Empowerment
August 8, 2018
Drawing on an ongoing international data collection effort, our affiliate Thomas Keck examines the free expression jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Canada and the …
El rol de la Suprema Corte en la Consolidación Democrática de México
October 25, 2016
A recently edited book that examines the role of the Mexican Supreme Court in the transition to democracy.
Judicial Instability and Endogenous Constitutional Change: Lessons from Latin America
May 7, 2015
Andrea Castagnola has together with Aníbal Pérez-Liñán published an article on Judicial Instability and Endogenous Constitutional Change in Latin America.
Courts & Power in Latin America & Africa
August 15, 2014
Why do courts hold political power-holders accountable in some democratic and democratizing countries, but not in others? And, why do some courts remain very timid …
Courts & Social Transformation
August 15, 2014
Using case studies drawn from Latin America, Africa, India and Eastern Europe, this volume examines the role of courts as a channel for social transformation …
Projects
Truth and Reconciliation in a Democratic Welfare State: The Indigenous Sami and the Kven/Norwegian Finns Minority in Norway (TRUCOM)
February 5, 2020
This project will study how Norway – a well-established democratic welfare state – attempts to settle the negative effects of long-lasting policies of assimilation and …
Women on the Bench: The Role of Female Judges in Fragile States
November 6, 2017
Project team: Project leader: Elin Skaar Pilar Domingo, Siri Gloppen, Ruth Rubio-Marín, Rachel Sieder, Aslak Jangård Orre, Antonio De Lauri, Torunn Wimpelmann, Ana Braconnier, Margareth Nangacovie, Marianne Tøraasen Project …
The Mexican Supreme Court and the Transition to Democracy
March 31, 2016
After more than 70 years of uninterrupted authoritarian government headed by the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI), in 2000 the country formally began the transition to …
Manipulating Courts in New Democracies. Forcing Judges off the Bench in Argentina
March 15, 2016
This is a solo book manuscrit published by Routledge 2018. Abstract: When do a justice leave office? Typically, a justice with life tenure would leave …
Democratization and the Judiciary
November 29, 2013
This book project investigates the extent to which courts in Latin America and Africa have been able to say ‘no’ when the executive branch has overstepped …
News
New research project lead by Elin Skår
November 15, 2017
We congratulate a team of LawTransform researchers lead by Elin Skaar (Chr. Michelsen Institute), who has been awarded a grant from the Norwegian Research Council …
Interview with Andrea Castagnola about her new publication
November 15, 2017
Andrea Castagnola is an assistant professor at the School of Politics and Government at Universidad Nacional de San Martin, Argentina. In her new book “Manipulating …
Events
The Turkey Purge
February 13, 2019
Date: Thursday 21st February 2019 Time: 08:30 – 09:30 Place: Bergen Global, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen A decade ago, Turkey’s now-paramount leader, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, held …
Tverrfaglig juss?
November 27, 2018
Date: 05.12.18 Time: 12:00-13:00. Place: Bergen Resource Centre, Jekteviksbakken 31, Bergen. The Centre on Law and Social Transformation i samarbeid med Rettspolitisk forening i Bergen, …