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The Role Of A Judge In An Electoral Autocracy, Aparna Chandra Apr 2024

The Role Of A Judge In An Electoral Autocracy, Aparna Chandra

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In a year where 64 countries are holding elections, courts around the world must engage with a range of questions around electoral integrity and dysfunction, i.e., with the judicialization of electoral processes. How should democratically inclined judges respond to attempts by incumbent autocrats at leveraging laws to hold on to power?