Judicial Review in New Democracies: Constitutional Courts in Asian Cases

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of judicial power in new democracies, focusing on three constitutional courts in East Asia.

The author argues that judicial review is sought as a solution to the problem of uncertainty in constitutional design and facilitates democracy by providing "insurance" to prospective electoral losers.

The book examines how political power affects judicial independence and provides empirical support for the idea that judicial power increases when political power is diffuse.

This informative and insightful book will be of great interest to scholars and students of constitutional politics and institutional design.