1. The Judicialization of Politics in Asia: Towards a Framework of Analysis Björn Dressel Part 1: Established Democracies 2. The Judicialization of Japanese Politics? Tom Ginsburg and Tokujin Matsudaira 3. Causes and Conditions for Sustainable Judicialization of Politics in Korea Jongcheol Kim and Jonghyun Park 4. The Judiciary, Policy, and Politics in India Shylashri Shankar Part 2: Fragile and Young Democracies 5. Thailand: Judicialization of Politics or Politicization of the Judiciary? Björn Dressel 6. Indonesia's Constitutional Court: Conservative Activist or Strategic Operator? Simon Butt 7. From Judicialization to Politicization of the Judiciary: The Philippine Case Alejandro N. Cienca 8. The Judicialization of Politics in Pakistan Charles Kennedy Part 3: Authoritarian and Semi-Authoritarian Settings 9. China's Supreme People's Court within the "Political-Legal System" Shumei Hou and Ron Keith 10. Cambodia's Judiciary: Heading for Political Judicialization? Kheang Un and Sokbunthoeun So 11. Malaysia: Limited and Intermittent Judicialization of Politics Chandra Kanagasabai 12. Leadership, Law, and Legitimacy: Reflections on the Changing Nature of Judicial Politics in Asia Haig Patapan
Biography
Björn Dressel is a Senior Lecturer at the Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University (ANU), Australia.
