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The culture of judicial independence : rule of law and world peace /

The culture of judicial independence : rule of law and world peace / Edited by Shimon Shetreet. - 1 online resource (pages) - International Law E-Books Online, Collection 2014, ISBN: 9789004262461. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preliminary Material / General Introduction / Judicial Independence, Liberty, Democracy and International Economy / Accountability of Judicial Service Commissions to the Law: The Case of South Africa / Reflections on Judicial Independence: Past Achievements and Future Agenda / Judging the Independence and Integrity of Foreign Courts / The Protection of Religious Liberty in the United States: The Supreme Court Jurisprudence / The Culture of Peace and Human Rights: The Development of Human Rights Protection in the European Union / Globalization of Human Rights and Mutual Influence between Courts: The Innovative Reverse Path of the Right to the Truth / The Independence of the Judiciary in Belgium / On Fairness / The Conceptual Definition of the Constitutional Court in Italy / The Scope of Judicial Review and the Rule of Law: Between Judicial Restraint and Judicial Activism / Entering the Political Thicket: The Role of the Judiciary as an Arbiter in Relation to Making and Implementation of Public Policy / On Judges Writing Commentaries: Is It Appropriate for a Judge to Engage in Outside Activities? / Procedural Guarantees of Independence and Impartiality of Judges in Russia / The Relationship of the Judiciary and Legislature in Australia / Relations Between the Court and the Parties in the Managerial Age / Independence of Court Proceedings: Impartiality and Fairness / Recusal of Judges: A Commonwealth Survey of the Applicable Tests / The Status of Codes of Judicial Conduct in Comparative Perspectives / Judicial Independence in the Context of International Investment Law / Judicial Impartiality in International Courts: Of Law and Corruption / Arbitral Awards and Errors of English Law: Refining The Law – Making Function of The Judicial Appeal System / The Influence of the European Convention on Human Rights on Judicial Independence in Criminal Procedural Law in Switzerland / Recent Developments in Judicial Elections in the United States and their Impact on Impartiality of Judges / Culture and Judicial Independence in Civil Procedure / Constitutional Adjudication and Appointments to the uk Supreme Court / Appointment of Judges and Legal Responsibility of Judges: Guarantees of Independence in Russia / The Bumpy Road Towards Judicial Independence: Past, Present and Future Prospects of Mainland China / Administrative Justice System in Italy / Judicial Independence and the Three Highest Courts in Austria / Analysis of the Amendments to the Mt. Scopus International Standards of Judicial Independence / Shimon Shetreet -- Shimon Shetreet -- Shimon Shetreet -- Christopher Forsyth -- Marcel Storme -- Neil Andrews -- Maimon Schwarzschild -- Shimon Shetreet -- Arianna Vedaschi -- Marc Bossuyt -- Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC -- Giuseppe Franco Ferrari -- Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC -- Anton Cooray -- Fryderyk Zoll -- Sergey Nikitin -- HP Lee -- Neil Andrews -- Dmitry Magonya -- Cyrus Das -- Shimon Shetreet -- Guiguo Wang -- Wayne McCormack -- Neil Andrews -- Gian Andrea Danuser -- Chandra R. de Silva -- Dmitry Maleshin -- Sophie Turenne -- Sergey Nikitin -- Liu Hao -- Giuseppe Franco Ferrari -- Walter H. Rechberger -- Shimon Shetreet.

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The Culture of Judicial Independence: Rule of Law and World Peace , is the third book by Shimon Shetreet on Judicial Independence. The first was Judicial Independence: The Contemporary Debate (edited by Shimon Shetreet and Jules Deschênes, Nijhoff,1985). The second was The Culture of Judicial Independence: Conceptual Foundations and Practical Challenges (Edited by Shimon Shetreet and Christopher Forsyth, Nijhoff, 2012). This volume contains essays by senior academics, judges and practitioners across jurisdictions offering an analysis of several central issues relative to the culture of Judicial Independence. These include judicial review, human rights, democracy, the rule of law and world peace, constitutional position of top courts, relations between the judiciary and the other branches of government, impartiality and fairness of the judicial process, judicial ethics, dispute resolution in arbitral awards and international investments, international courts and cross country issues, judicial selection. The volume also offers an update report on the International Project of Judicial Independence of the International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace, including the relations of top courts and international courts, administrative judges, culture of judicial independence and public inquiries by judges.

9789004257818

10.1163/9789004257818 DOI

2014012724


Judicial independence.
Rule of law.
Peace.

K3367 / .C86 2014

340/.11