PublicationsThe U4 Blog

U4 Brief

Uncorking the bottlenecks: Using political economy analysis to address court delay

Long delays in the resolution of court cases are a common problem in both developing and developed countries and impede anti-corruption efforts. Technical solutions such as hiring more judges and reforming cumbersome procedures, when used alone, have proved ineffective. Political economy analysis can reveal how the interests and incentives of judges, lawyers, clerks, and litigants interact to create delays, providing a basis for more effective reforms. But the success of such reforms depends on support from senior judges and pressure from civil society.

31 August 2015
Read onlineDownload PDF
Uncorking the bottlenecks: Using political economy analysis to address court delay

Cite this publication


Messick, R. (2015) Uncorking the bottlenecks: Using political economy analysis to address court delay. Bergen: Chr. Michelsen Institute (U4 Brief 2015:10) 4 p

Read onlineDownload PDF
Richard E. Messick

Disclaimer


All views in this text are the author(s)’, and may differ from the U4 partner agencies’ policies.

This work is licenced under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)

Photo