POLS 4050 Chapter Notes - Chapter Article : Ceteris Paribus, Statism, Operationalization
22 Feb 2017
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Mongolia, and the post-communist states in eastern europe. Judicial independence is defined by larkins as related to the notion of conflict resolution by a. Neutral third;" in other words y someone who can be trusted to settle controversies after considering only the facts and their relation to relevant laws . Judicial independence is promoted by measures that protect judges from political pressure judges are almost always less politically accountable to the public than other policy makers. Judges tend to be appointed rather than elected, and there are often significant checks and balances involved in their appointed many are guaranteed a specific tenure and a non- reducible salary to further insulate them from political influences. In theory at least, this allows judges to follow the dictates of legal principle rather than political expediency in general, the fewer such safeguards, the greater the risk to judicial power.
