Dixon and Landau document the extent to which autocratic leaders have figured out how to convert independent courts and written rights guarantees into tools for consolidating power, repressing the opposition, and sidelining minorities. They support this account with a remarkable range of empirical examples, drawn from virtually all regions of the constitutional world.
Thomas M. Keck, Law & Social Inquiry
The richness of the theoretical construction of the argument and the painstaking presentation of examples from different countries constitute the main contributions of this ambitious book.
Jorge González - Jácome, Associate Professor of Law, University of the Andes