ABSTRACT
Hirschl’s ‘judicialization of politics’ argues that in Asia within the last two decades, court intervention into ‘deadlocked politics’ is ‘less exceptional’ and that courts are asserting independent political personality through judicial review. This approach looks for examples of court intervention in ‘pure’ or ‘mega politics’ that influence ‘core regime legitimacy and collective identity’ (Hirschl 2006: 721).
