Impeachment in a Global Context : Law, Politics, and Comparative Practice (Paperback)

1. Understanding Impeachment: An Exercise in Comparative Cartography;??PART I. FOUNDATIONS;??2. Impeachment as Cause or Cure of Human Rights Violations;??3. Impeachment and Democracy: Does Impeachment Have an Effect on Democracy in Third Wave Presidentialism?;??4. Impeachment and the Rule of Law: It’s Complicated;? PART II. CORE;??5. The Role of the Judiciary in the Presidential Impeachment Process in Korea;? 6. Latin America: Between Governability Crises and the Impeachment Trap;??7. Contemporary Impeachment in Brazil: Political Time and Aporias;??8. Impeachment in the United States;??PART III. PERIPHERY;??9. Impeachment in Iceland;??10. Impeachment in Denmark: Law and Practice;??11. The Impeachment of the Chief Justice of Sri Lanka, Dr Shirani Bandaranayke;??12. Impeachment in the Philippines: Politics, Institutions and Leadership;??PART IV. SATELLITE;??13. Impeachment in Central and Eastern Europe;??14. Impeachment in Nigeria: Process, Practice and Failure;??15. The Politics of Impeachment in Pakistan’s Hybrid Democracy;? 16. The United Kingdom and Impeachment: Justification, Renewal, and the House of Commons as a Guardian of the Constitution;??PART V: FUTURES;??17. Impeachment in Comparative Perspective: An Empirical View