August 22, 2025Government and OppositionOpen Access

To Reinforce or Replace: Courts and Democratic Backsliding

View Full Paper

Ask AI

Bookmark

Authors

Discussion

This article demonstrates how judiciaries can enable democratic backsliding through populist authoritarian actions in courts.

Empowered courts can facilitate democratic backsliding, raising significant risks for democracy.
The Supreme Court of Pakistan enabled the rise of populist Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf in 2018, impacting democratic norms.
This analysis uses a framework combining jurisprudence and interviews to understand court behavior toward corruption.
The typology for combating corruption highlights possible threats posed by judiciaries in various political contexts.

Yasser Kureshi (2025) studied this question.

View Full Paper

Ask AI

Bookmark