The Judge in a Democracy /
Whether examining election outcomes, the legal status of terrorism suspects, or if (or how) people can be sentenced to death, a judge in a modern democracy assumes a role that raises some of the most contentious political issues of our day. But do judges even have a role beyond deciding the disputes...
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| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2009]
©2006 |
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| ISBN: | 9781400827046 (online) |
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Inhaltsangabe:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Introduction
- Part One. The Role of the Judge
- Chapter One. Bridging the Gap between Law and Society
- Chapter Two. Protecting the Constitution and Democracy
- Part Two. The Means of Realizing the Judicial Role
- Chapter Three. Preconditions for Realizing the Judicial Role
- Chapter Four. The Meaning of Means
- Chapter Five. Interpretation
- Chapter Six. The Development of the Common Law
- Chapter Seven. Balancing and Weighing
- Chapter Eight. Non-Justiciability, or "Political Questions"
- Chapter Nine. Standing
- Chapter Ten. Comparative Law
- Chapter Eleven. The Judgment
- Part Three. The Relationship between the Court and the other Branches of the State
- Chapter Twelve. Tension among the Branches
- Chapter Thirteen. The Relationship between the Judiciary and the Legislature
- Chapter Fourteen. The Relationship between the Judiciary and the Executive
- Part Four. Evaluation of the Role of a Judge in a Democracy
- Chapter Fifteen. Activism and Self-Restraint
- Chapter Sixteen. The Judicial Role and the Problem of Terrorism
- Chapter Seventeen. The Role of the Judge: Theory, Practice, and the Future
- Index