Rachel Ellett created this dataset for a book analyzing judicial empowerment pathways in Uganda, Malawi, and Tanzania. The data likely contains records of politically salient court cases identified through interviews, newspaper coverage, and secondary literature. It was last updated on October 20, 2025.
Use Cases
- Analyzing patterns of judicial empowerment based on the identification of politically salient cases.
- Studying the relationship between neopatrimonial rule and court autonomy based on the comparative case study framework.
- Examining the seven ways judges construct power, such as decision-making and strategic alliances, as described in the research.
- Investigating the feedback loop between judicial decision-making and institutional strength as outlined in the project.
Strengths
- Dataset is part of a formal research project and book publication, suggesting academic rigor.
- Data is linked to an Annotation for Transparent Inquiry (ATI) format project, indicating structured transparency.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Freshness should be verified; last updated 2025-10-20 19:59:52.
Provenance
- Source
- Rachel Ellett, QDR Harvested Dataverse
- Collection Method
- Politically salient cases were identified through interviews, newspaper coverage, and selected secondary literature.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2025-10-20 19:59:52.
- Geography
- Uganda, Malawi, Tanzania