David S. Law | Britannica

David S. Law

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BIOGRAPHY

Professor of Law and Professor of Political Science, Washington University. Author of The Japanese Supreme Court and Judicial Review. His contributions to SAGE Publications's International Encyclopedia of Political Science (2011) formed the basis of his contributions to Britannica.

Primary Contributions (1)

judicial independence

Judicial independence, the ability of courts and judges to perform their duties free of influence or control by other actors, whether governmental or private. The term is also used in a normative sense to refer to the kind of independence that courts and judges ought to possess. That ambiguity in…

Publications (1)

International Encyclopedia of Political Science (September 2011)

By Bertrand Badie, Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Leonardo Morlino

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