The constituted nature of constituents' interests: Historical and ideational factors in judicial empowerment

L Hilbink - Political Research Quarterly, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
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Through an analysis of constitutional transitions in one democratizing case (Spain 1978)
and one authoritarian case (Chile 1980), this article argues that judicial empowerment can
be accurately explained only through reference to the historical and ideational context in
which institutional designers operate. Historical and ideational factors—that is, shared
experiences, beliefs, identities, ideologies, and interpretations of events and sequences of
events at home or abroad—shape the way that political actors perceive their interests …
Through an analysis of constitutional transitions in one democratizing case (Spain 1978) and one authoritarian case (Chile 1980), this article argues that judicial empowerment can be accurately explained only through reference to the historical and ideational context in which institutional designers operate. Historical and ideational factors—that is, shared experiences, beliefs, identities, ideologies, and interpretations of events and sequences of events at home or abroad—shape the way that political actors perceive their interests, formulate their strategies, and justify their decisions and are thus crucial to explaining when, why, and how institutional designers choose to empower courts.
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