Those Who Show Up: The Effects of Electoral Reform on American Political Justice

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicholas A. Loyal
Keyword(s):  
Electoral Reform ◽  
Political Justice

The Relevance of the Judiciary in a Democratic Nigeria

2012 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 301-317
Author(s):  
Osahon O. Guobadia
Keyword(s):  
Social Justice ◽  
Federal Republic ◽  
Economic Justice ◽  
Democratic Values ◽  
Constitutional Democracy ◽  
Political Justice ◽  
Fourth Republic

A new constitutional democracy was established in Nigeria on 29 May 1999. This Fourth Republic was founded upon the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) which unshackled the judiciary from the bondage of military decrees. This also brought excitement to the citizenry which finds expression in the belief that the judiciary, their last bastion of succour, is now poised to intervene in the inevitable tussle between might and the exercise of new democratic tenets. These tenets encompass the ideals of economic justice, political justice and social justice. 1 1 C. C. Nweze, ‘Judicial Sustainability of Constitutional Democracy in Nigeria: A Response to the Phonographic Theory of the Judicial Function’, in E. S. Nwauche and F. I. Asogwah (eds), Essays in Honour of Professor C. O. Okunkwo, (SAN) Jite Books (2000), p. 225. Against the backdrop of this reality, the article will examine the extent to which the judiciary in Nigeria has performed its constitutional role as an independent arm of government towards ensuring the observance of democratic values in a free, open, humane and civilised society.

Japan's LDP Considers Electoral Reform: A Neglected Political Debt

Asian Survey ◽  
1992 ◽  
Vol 32 (9) ◽  
pp. 773-786
Author(s):  
Eugene L. Wolfe, III
Keyword(s):  
Electoral Reform

Assessing the Electoral Reform of 1992 and its Impact on the Elections of 1996 and 1999

1999 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 16-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Harris ◽  
Gideon Doron
Keyword(s):  
Electoral Reform

Institutional Cosmopolitanism

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
International Relations ◽  
Current System ◽  
Political Repression ◽  
Moral View ◽  
Political Justice ◽  
Global System ◽  
World Government ◽  
Emerging Issues ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Institutional Order

Is a global institutional order composed of sovereign states fit for cosmopolitan moral purpose? Cosmopolitan political theorists challenge claims that states, nations, and other collectives have ultimate moral significance. They focus instead on individuals: on what they share and on what each may owe to all others. They see principles of distributive justice—and increasingly political justice—applying with force in a global system in which billions continue to suffer from severe poverty and deprivation, political repression, interstate violence, and other ills. Cosmopolitans diverge, however, on the institutional implications of their shared moral view. Some argue that the current system of competing sovereign states tends to promote unjust outcomes and stands in need of deep structural reform. Others reject such claims and contend that justice can be pursued through transforming the orientations and conduct of individual and collective agents, especially states. This volume brings together prominent political theorists and international relations scholars—including some skeptics of cosmopolitanism—in a far-ranging dialogue about the institutional implications of the approach. The contributors offer penetrating analyses of both continuing and emerging issues around state sovereignty, democratic autonomy and accountability, and the promotion and protection of human rights. They also debate potential reforms of the current global system, from the transformation of cities and states to the creation of some encompassing world government capable of effectively promoting cosmopolitan aims.

Political Justice in the Second French Republic

1976 ◽  
Vol 48 (S4) ◽  
pp. 87-123 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter H. Amann
Keyword(s):  
Political Justice

Catalysts and barriers: Explaining electoral reform in Western Europe

2016 ◽  
Vol 55 (3) ◽  
pp. 454-473 ◽  
Author(s):  
LIDIA NUNEZ ◽  
KRISTOF T.E. JACOBS
Keyword(s):  
Western Europe ◽  
Electoral Reform
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