India’s Unlikely Democracy: The Rise of Judicial Sovereignty
India’s Unlikely Democracy: The Rise of Judicial Sovereignty
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印度不可能实现的民主：司法主权的崛起
DOI：
10.1353/jod.2007.0030
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发表时间：
2007
影响因子：
3.1
通讯作者：
P. Mehta
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作者：
P. Mehta
摘要：印度法院在国家政治生活中发挥着越来越重要的作用。司法系统的捍卫者常常关注司法判决所带来的少数成功案例。然而，关于法院干预效果的具体实证数据明显缺乏。法院可以随心所欲地宣布新的权利，但宣布权利本身并不会产生结果。法官在加强我们的民主方面可以发挥重要作用。但他们必须谨慎行事，抵制法官是共和国最后、最好的希望这一观点所带来的陶醉。
Abstract:India’s courts have been playing a growing role in the country’s political life. Defenders of the judiciary often focus on the few success stories that result from judicial decisions. Yet there is a glaring lack of concrete, empirical data on the effects of court intervention. Courts can proclaim new rights as much as they want, but the proclamation of rights by itself does not produce results. Judges have an important role to play in strengthening our democracy. But they will have to exercise great discretion and resist the intoxication which comes from the view that judges are the last, best hope of the republic.