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Effectiveness And Representativeness Of Justice System Institutions In Mexico´S Transition To Democracy, Julio Ríos-Figueroa
Effectiveness And Representativeness Of Justice System Institutions In Mexico´S Transition To Democracy, Julio Ríos-Figueroa
Julio Ríos-Figueroa
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An Evaluation Of Cross-National Measures Of Judicial Independence, Julio Ríos-Figueroa, Jeffrey K. Staton
An Evaluation Of Cross-National Measures Of Judicial Independence, Julio Ríos-Figueroa, Jeffrey K. Staton
Julio Ríos-Figueroa
We provide a conceptual map of judicial independence and evaluate the con- tent, construct, and convergent validity of 13 cross-national measures. There is evidence suggesting the validity of extant de facto measures, though their proper use requires attention to correlated patterns of measurement error and missing data. The evidence for the validity of extant de jure measures is weaker. Among other findings, we do not observe a strong and direct link between the rules that allegedly promote judicial independence and independent behavior. The results suggest that while the measurement of both de jure and de facto judicial independence requires a …