Judicial independence and state-business relations: the case of Taiwan's ordinary courts

• Published in: Democratization Vol. 24; no. 6; pp. 889 - 905
• Main Author: Ma, David K.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Abingdon Routledge 19.09.2017; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Case studies; Companies; Constitutional courts; Corruption; Courts; credible commitment; developmental state; East Asia; Historical events; Independence; judicial independence; Judiciary; Leadership; Legal reform; ordinary courts; Political parties; Political power; Power; Qualitative research; Rent-seeking; Rule of law; state-business relations; systemic vulnerability; Taiwan; Taiwan

The question of how ordinary courts in new and emerging democracies may gain judicial independence remains an understudied subject compared to its constitutional court counterpart. Through a case study of Taiwan, this article adopts and expands upon the concept of power diffusion from the extant lit...