Data for: The Puzzling Long-Term Relationship Between De Jure and De Facto Judicial Independence

Dataset for analysing the long-term relationship between de jure judicial independence and de facto judicial independence. The data are based on updated versions of: de jure judicial independence Hayo, B. and S. Voigt (2016), Explaining constitutional change: The case of judicial independence, International Review of Law and Economics 48:1–13. de facto judicial independence Linzer, D. A. and J. K. Staton (2015), A global measure of judicial independence, 1948–2012, Journal of Law and Courts 3:223–256.