Transnational Networking and Elite Self-Empowerment: The Making of the Judiciary in Contemporary Europe...

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Cristina E. Parau (Associate Member and Research Fellow, Associate Member and Research Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Oxford)

Transnational Networking and Elite Self-Empowerment

The Making of the Judiciary in Contemporary Europe and Beyond

Cristina E. Parau (Associate Member and Research Fellow, Associate Member and Research Fellow, Wolfson College, University of Oxford)

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Oxford University Press
29 November 2018

Comparative politics; Political structures: democracy; Judicial powers

Series: British Academy Monographs

Judicial institutions in the new democracies established after the fall of communism in Central and Eastern Europe have become patterned on a transnational template that maximises judicial empowerment to the detriment of national parliaments. Through the influence of an elite, transnational community of interest, revisions to the judiciary have been implemented with little attention from politicians or the public. As a result, there has been a shift in the role of the judiciary from adjudication under the law towards improvising public policy. Transnational Networks and Elite Self-Empowerment is an inquiry into why and how this could have come about, and what the implications are for democracy.

Cristina Parau explores the processes by which the elites have used transnational networks as a means of self-empowerment, and how they have been able to entrench their minority influence within the constitutions of their countries. Taking an inter-disciplinary approach, she builds a strong case through a deep analysis set against and supported by an extensive series of interviews with key political actors. This is a timely reminder of the need to pay attention to our democratic institutions and not to take for granted the foundations on which they are laid.

By: Cristina E. Parau (Associate Member and Research Fellow Associate Member and Research Fellow Wolfson College University of Oxford)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 163mm, Spine: 27mm
Weight: 708g
ISBN: 9780197266403
ISBN 10: 0197266401
Series: British Academy Monographs
Pages: 350
Publication Date: 29 November 2018
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Abbreviations Introduction: Argument and Methods Part I: The Transnational Network Community 1: The Ambit of the Network Community 2: Identity and Solidarity 3: The Network Community in Action Part II: The Judicializing Paradigm and its Template 4: Thesis and Antithesis: To Check or Not to Check the Judiciary 5: The Assumption of Intellectual-Moral Superiority 6: The Template Conclusions Annexe: Interviewees Bibliography Index

Cristina Elena Parau is currently an Associate Member of the Department of Politics and International Relations at the University of Oxford. She held a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship and before that other posts to research the politics of the UK constitution; judicial independence in post-Communist CEE; and the rise and influence of post-Communist environmental movements. She has been published in Representation, West European Politics, Europe-Asia Studies, and the Max Planck Institute's Comparative and International Law Series. West European Politics awarded her their Vincent Wright Prize in 2010 for best contribution towards understanding comparative European politics.