Courts, Crisis, and Contestation: Democratic Judicial Decision-Making in Times of Crisis

Research output: ThesisDoctoral thesis 3 (Research UU / Graduation NOT UU)

Abstract

This dissertation explores judicial decision-making in times of crisis. By way of a number of case studies focusing on terrorism and economic crisis, it answers two questions: how judges do judge in times of crisis and how judges should judge in times of crisis. It concludes with an agonistic theory of legitimacy for judicial decision-making that focuses on the democratic input to and output of the judicial decision.
Original languageEnglish
QualificationDoctor of Philosophy
Awarding Institution
  • Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Supervisors/Advisors
  • van Klink, B.M.J., Primary supervisor, External person
  • Veraart, W.J., Supervisor, External person
Award date28 Mar 2018
Place of Publication[Amsterdam]
Publisher
Print ISBNs978-94-92679-36-9
Publication statusPublished - 28 Mar 2018

Keywords

  • judicial decision-making
  • crisis
  • agonism
  • democracy
  • terrorism
  • economic crisis

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