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| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 295-323 |
| Number of pages | 29 |
| Journal | Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft |
| Volume | 15 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 2021 |
Abstract
Keywords
- Judicial diplomacy, Transnational judicial communication, Qualitative content analysis, Semantic network analysis
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Social Sciences(all)
- Sociology and Political Science
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In: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, Vol. 15, No. 3, 10.2021, p. 295-323.
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TY - JOUR
T1 - Judicial diplomacy of the German Federal Constitutional Court
T2 - bilateral court meetings as a novel data source to assess transnational communication of constitutional courts
AU - Meyer, Philipp
PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - Judicial diplomacy describes the courts’ efforts to promote liberal democracy and protect their institutional authority. Bilateral court meetings are essential for judicial diplomacy, encompassing jurisprudential (e.g., discussion of case law) and aims of strategic (e.g., maximising influence). This study presents a novel approach to assess such meetings. It analyses the German Federal Constitutional Court meeting reports between 1998–2019, using content and semantic network analysis. The content analysis shows that court meetings focus on jurisprudential aspects; however, strategic considerations also play a role in discussions with interlocutors from emerging democracies. These findings are substantiated by the semantic network analysis, which discloses that recent case law, Europeanisation, and globalisation are the main issues discussed. Hence, this study presents an analysis of a novel data source. Further, it contributes to judicial politics research as transnational court meetings could be a missing link to understand legal citation networks.
AB - Judicial diplomacy describes the courts’ efforts to promote liberal democracy and protect their institutional authority. Bilateral court meetings are essential for judicial diplomacy, encompassing jurisprudential (e.g., discussion of case law) and aims of strategic (e.g., maximising influence). This study presents a novel approach to assess such meetings. It analyses the German Federal Constitutional Court meeting reports between 1998–2019, using content and semantic network analysis. The content analysis shows that court meetings focus on jurisprudential aspects; however, strategic considerations also play a role in discussions with interlocutors from emerging democracies. These findings are substantiated by the semantic network analysis, which discloses that recent case law, Europeanisation, and globalisation are the main issues discussed. Hence, this study presents an analysis of a novel data source. Further, it contributes to judicial politics research as transnational court meetings could be a missing link to understand legal citation networks.
KW - Judicial diplomacy
KW - Transnational judicial communication
KW - Qualitative content analysis
KW - Semantic network analysis
KW - Justizdiplomatie
KW - Transnationale gerichtliche Kommunikation
KW - Qualitative Inhaltsanalyse
KW - Semantische Netzwerkanalyse
KW - Semantic network analysis
KW - Qualitative content analysis
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KW - Transnational judicial communication
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