Topics Mandatory retirement age for judges

Constitute topics are built from the variables in the Comparative Constitutions Project’s dataset, which captures the content of world constitutions. The particular variables relevant to this topic are listed below, in the form of survey questions.

More information about the CCP’s research design is available here, including background information on how the team designed the inventory of constitutional topics as well as the full coding survey

Description

Specifies the age at which judges must step down. A common alternative to term limits.

Categories

Judiciary

Survey Questions

  • Is there a mandatory retirement age for judges?