Title: The Role of a Judge in an Electoral Autocracy
Published on: April 12, 2024
Published in: ICONnect Blog of the International Journal of Constitutional Law
In a year where 64 countries are holding elections, courts around the world must engage with a range of questions around electoral integrity and dysfunction, i.e., with the judicialization of electoral processes. How should democratically inclined judges respond to attempts by incumbent autocrats at leveraging laws to hold on to power?