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February 23
Monday • 1 event
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When Courts Do—and Don’t—Defend Democracy: Evidence from Israel with Andrew O’Donahue
12:15 pm - 1:15 pm
When does judicial behavior defend democracy by upholding constraints on executive power? I study this question in Israel under Benjamin Netanyahu by analyzing quantitative data on over 16,000 panel decisions by Israel’s Supreme Court and qualitative interviews with high-ranking judges, lawyers, and politicians. I theorize that when judicial selection institutions…