Variable: Independence of the Judiciary

QoG Code: (ciri_injud)


Dataset: The CIRIGHTS Data project

Description:

Independence of the judiciary indicates the extent to which the judiciary is independent of control from other sources, and includes whether or not judges are safe from removal by other governmental branches or if their actions can be challenged in the courts.

Scoring Scheme:
As an institution, the judiciary is:
(0) Not Independent
(1) Partially Independent
(2) Generally Independent

Type of variable: Categorical

Downloaded by QoG on: 2024-09-18
Last updated by source: 2023-11-06


Categories:

Judicial


Find this variable in:

Basic Cross-section - 2025 Basic Time-series - 2025 OECD Cross-section - 2025 OECD Time-series - 2025 Standard Cross-section - 2025 Standard Time-series - 2025 Original Dataset

Details of this variable in our compilations datasets
Dataset No. Countries
Basic cross-section: 192
Basic time-series: 195
Standard cross-section: 192
Standard time-series: 195
OECD cross-section: 32
OECD time-series: 32

Dataset Available for years:
Standard time-series: 1981-2021
Basic time-series: 1981-2021
OECD time-series: 1981-2021

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This variable has information from the year 1981 to the year 2021