As a political scientist studying law and courts in a comparative perspective, I am interested in the interaction between judicial institutions and politico-economic elements. On the one hand, my research explores political and economic conditions under which countries promote independent courts and the rule of law, particularly in the context of non-democracies and emerging democracies. On the other hand, I also analyze the impact of effective law and courts on better governance, such as political accountability and economic development. I investigate these themes through a mix of cross-national quantitative analysis and qualitative case studies with a regional focus on East and Southeast Asia.

Publications

• 조무형. 2025. “민주주의 후퇴국에서의 포퓰리즘적 사법개혁: 이스라엘과 멕시코의 사례연구.” 세계지역연구논총, 43.3: 63-95.
• Reayat, Nauman, Rhona K. M. Smith, and Moohyung Cho (eds.). 2024. Judicial Independence in Transitional Democracies. Routledge.
• Cho, Moohyung. 2024. “Party System Institutionalization, Political Competition and Judicial Independence in Transitional Democracies Evidence From South Korea and the Philippines.” In Nauman Reayat, Rhona K. M. Smith, and Moohyung Cho (eds.). Judicial Independence in Transitional Democracies. Routledge.
• Cho, Moohyung, Nauman Reayat, and Rhona K. M. Smith. 2024. “Introduction.” In Nauman Reayat, Rhona K. M. Smith, and Moohyung Cho (eds.). Judicial Independence in Transitional Democracies. Routledge.
• Reayat, Nauman, Moohyung Cho, and Rhona K. M. Smith. 2024. “Conclusion: Challenges, Opportunities, and Recommendations for Judicial Independence in Transitional Democracies.” In Nauman Reayat, Rhona K. M. Smith, and Moohyung Cho (eds.). Judicial Independence in Transitional Democracies. Routledge.
• 조무형, 홍미화. 2024. “포퓰리스트 외교정책의 이론화: 반엘리트주의와 국가주권의 회복을 중심으로.” 세계지역연구논총, 42.4: 41-72.
• 조무형. 2024. “정당체제의 제도화와 정당의 제도화: 개념과 측정, 그리고 한국에의 함의.” 21세기정치학회보, 34.3: 27-55.
• 조무형, 홍미화, 류제흥, 문용일. 2024. “디지털 권위주의의 정치적 효과: 이론과 실제.” 사회과학연구논총, 40.1: 5-33.
• 류제흥, 문용일, 조무형, 홍미화. 2023. “자유주의 국제질서 위기의 원인과 디지털 권위주의의 등장.” 21세기정치학회보, 33.3: 109-135.
• 조무형. 2023. “정치학 연구주제로서의 사법독립: 개념화와 측정의 문제를 중심으로.” 현대정치연구, 16.2: 99-136.
• 조무형. 2022. “정치경쟁과 정당체제 제도화가 사법부의 독립성에 미치는 영향: 보험이론의 재검토.” 21세기정치학회보. 32.3: 85-114.
• 조무형. 2022. “행정입법 통제 국회법 개정안의 내용 및 쟁점.” 의정연구. 28.2: 95-102.
• Cho, Moohyung, and Tim Büthe. 2021. “From Rule-Taker to Rule-Promoting Regulatory State: South Korea in the Nearly-Global Competition Regime.” Regulation & Governance. 15.3: 513-543.
• Cho, Moohyung, Jason Douglas Todd, and Georg Vanberg. 2019. “Politics, Polarization, and the U.S. Supreme Court.” in The U.S. Supreme Court and Contemporary Constitutional Law: The Obama Era and Its Legacy. Anna-Bettina Kaiser, Niels Petersen, and Johannes Saurer (eds.) New York: Routledge: 41-65. Published version. Latest version.
• Büthe, Tim, and Moohyung Cho. 2017. “Power and Institutionalized International Regulatory Cooperation: A Multi-Method Analysis of Antitrust Agreements.” European Foreign Affairs Review 22.2: 115-136.
• 조무형. 2010. “미국 제 3정당 대통령 후보에 대한 법적, 제도적 제약: 2000년 랄프 네이더의 사례.” 미국학, 33.1: 233-257.
• 조무형. 2008. “아시아민족반공연맹 (APACL) 의 창설과 좌절-역할 이론을 통한 한미 갈등의 개념화.” 세계정치, 10: 187-239.