This book argues that national and international courts seek to enhance their reputations through the strategic exercise of judicial power.

Shai Dothan is a senior researcher with the Global Trust Project at Tel Aviv University and an adjunct professor in the Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

1. Introduction; 2. A theory of the reputations of courts; 3. Constraints on courts; 4. Tactics to increase courts' reputations; 5. National court case study - Israeli Supreme Court; 6. International court case study - European Court of Human Rights; 7. When compliance is irrelevant; 8. Conclusions.