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dc.contributor.authorWest, Lucy
dc.date.accessioned2019-07-03T00:46:26Z
dc.date.available2019-07-03T00:46:26Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.identifier.issn1351-0347
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/13510347.2018.1553956
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/383472
dc.description.abstractDistinctions between the common and civil law are crucial when considering the rule of law and judicial independence in a political system. The 1993 Constitution of the Kingdom of Cambodia provides for a democratic government with separation of powers, judicial independence and human rights guarantees consistent with international legal instruments. However, Cambodia ranks poorly in international indices of political interference and corruption in the judiciary and for the rule of law. Drawing on interviews with Cambodian state officials and legal practitioners, the article situates the domestic judiciary within the socio-political environment and constitutional arrangements in which it must operate and examines the limits to judicial independence in the country. The article argues that the lack of judicial independence in contemporary Cambodia is not only attributable to its neopatrimonial political culture but also to the legal-institutional framework established during the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia (UNTAC) period. The legal-philosophical underpinnings of civil law, the nature of the civil law system operating in Cambodia, and how it is interpreted locally, are crucial to understanding the limits to judicial independence in the country.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom537
dc.relation.ispartofpageto553
dc.relation.ispartofissue3
dc.relation.ispartofjournalDEMOCRATIZATION
dc.relation.ispartofvolume26
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPolitical science
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode4408
dc.titleThe limits to judicial independence: Cambodia's political culture and the civil law
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.rights.copyright© 2019 Taylor & Francis (Routledge). This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Democratization on 04 Dec 2018, available online: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13510347.2018.1553956
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