LEADER 04406nam 2200745 a 450 001 9910822372303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-283-89708-3 010 $a0-8122-0703-3 024 7 $a10.9783/9780812207033 035 $a(CKB)3240000000064759 035 $a(OCoLC)822017889 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10642140 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000631087 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11404056 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000631087 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10591363 035 $a(PQKB)11577275 035 $a(OCoLC)793012604 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse17647 035 $a(DE-B1597)449498 035 $a(OCoLC)910292276 035 $a(OCoLC)979623212 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780812207033 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3441805 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10642140 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL420958 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3441805 035 $a(EXLCZ)993240000000064759 100 $a20110719d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPolitical repression $ecourts and the law /$fLinda Camp Keith 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aPhiladelphia $cUniversity of Pennsylvania Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (337 p.) 225 0 $aPennsylvania Studies in Human Rights 225 0$aPennsylvania studies in human rights 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8122-4381-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [303]-319) and index. 327 $aEmpirical theories and studies of political repression -- The standard model of human rights -- Political repression and the role of the judiciary -- Constitutional provisions for human rights as protection against political repression -- Constitutional protections and repression when regimes are threatened -- Protecting human rights : conclusions, implications, and where we go from here. 330 $aThe world seems to have reached agreement on a set of ideals regarding state human rights behavior and the appropriate institutions to promote and protect those ideals. The global script for state legitimacy calls for a written constitution or the equivalent with an embedded bill of rights, democratic processes and institutions, and increasingly, a judicial check on state power to protect human rights. While the progress toward universal formal adherence to this global model is remarkable, Linda Camp Keith argues that the substantive meaning of this progress is much less clear. In Political Repression, she seeks to answer two key questions: Why do states make formal commitments to democratic processes and human rights? What effect do these commitments have on actual state behavior, especially political repression?The book begins with a thorough exploration of a variety of tools of state repression and presents evidence for substantial formal acceptance of international human rights norms in constitutional documents as well as judicial independence. Keith finds that these institutions reflect the diffusion of global norms and standards, the role of transnational networks of nongovernmental organizations, and an electoral logic in which regimes seek to protect their future interests. Economic liberalism, on the other hand, decreases the likelihood that states adopt or maintain these provisions. She demonstrates that the level of judicial independence is influenced by constitutional structures and that levels of judicial independence subsequently achieved in turn diminish the probability of state repression of a variety of rights. She also finds strong evidence that rights provisions may indeed serve as a constraint on state repression, even when controlling for many other factors. 410 0$aPennsylvania studies in human rights. 606 $aPolitical questions and judicial power 606 $aPolitical persecution 606 $aHuman rights 610 $aHuman Rights. 610 $aLaw. 610 $aPublic Policy. 615 0$aPolitical questions and judicial power. 615 0$aPolitical persecution. 615 0$aHuman rights. 676 $a323/.044 700 $aKeith$b Linda Camp$0480415 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910822372303321 996 $aPolitical repression$9257562 997 $aUNINA