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Challenged justice : In pursuit of judicial independence /

Challenged justice : In pursuit of judicial independence / In Pursuit of Judicial Independence edited by Shimon Shetreet, Hiram Chodosh, Helland Eric. - 1 online resource. - Human Rights and Humanitarian Law E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004419063 . - Human Rights and Humanitarian Law E-Books Online, Collection 2020, ISBN: 9789004419063. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 General Introduction / PART 1 Challenges to Judicial Independence -- 2 Reflections on the Changing Position of the Judiciary / 3 Threats to Judicial Independence Traditional Transitions Challenged / 4 The Rule of Universality and Particularity   Judicial Independence, Judicial Appointments and Other Issues / PART 2 Measuring Justice -- 5 Quality of Justice for Citizens From Courts Standards to Equal Access for All / 6 Commodification of Justice--A Personal View on Managerial Performance Indicators in the Judicial Context / 7 Judicial Independence Through Data-Driven Knowledge, Open Data, and Artificial Intelligence from a European Perspective / 8 Judicial Independence A French Paradoxical Pattern in the European Field / PART 3 Judicial Independence and Impartiality -- 9 Global Perspectives of Judicial Independence Structural Transitions and Turmoil / 10 The Struggle to Defend the Independence of the Judiciary in Africa / 11 The Transformation of Judicial Independence in Belarus in The Post-Communist Era / 12 Aged Clichés, Different Suburb Justice in Romania: Crisis Vs. Independence / 13 Family Ties and Judicial Independence / 14 Judges' Responsibility and Accountability / 15 The Code of Conduct for the Justices of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany / 16 Judges On and Off the Bench The Outreach of Independence / Shimon Shetreet -- Lord Thomas with Introduction by Lord Pannick -- Wayne McCormack -- Shimon Shetreet -- Daniela Piana -- Michael Bohlander -- Gianpaolo Maria Ruotolo -- Emmanuel Cartier -- Wayne McCormack -- Charles Manga Fombad -- Ksenyia Laputko -- Sebastian Spinei -- Jonathan L. Entin PART 4 Judicial Accountability -- Eliezer Rivlin -- Thorsten Ingo Schmidt Louis Blom-Cooper . PART 5 Judicial Protection of Individual Rights -- 17 Judicial Role in the Protection of Social Rights / 18 The Judicial Role in the United States and the Political Question Doctrine / PART 6 The Rule of Law and Democracy -- 19 Fighting for Political Liberalism The Role of Lawyers in Mobilizing for Judicial Independence / 20 Matters of the Judiciary A Role for Bar Associations / 21 Democracy Challenged Theoretical Foundations of the Concept of Judicial Independence and the Contemporary Challenges-Comparative Perspectives / 22 Analysis of the Amendments of Mount Scopus Standards of Judicial Independence and the Bologna and Milan Global Code of Judicial Ethics (Adopted 2016-2019) / PART 7 Appendices -- Appendix I Mount Scopus International Standards of Judicial Independence 421 -- Appendix II Bologna, Milano Global Code of Judicial Ethics 2015 456 -- Appendix III The New Delhi Code of Minimum Standards of Judicial Independence (Adopted by the IBA New Delhi Convention 1982) -- Appendix IV Montreal Universal Declaration on the Independence of Justice -- Appendix V UN Basic Principles on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers -- Appendix VI United Kingdom Supreme Court Guide to Judicial Conduct (2019) -- Appendix VII Code of Conduct for the Justices of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany -- PART 8 In Memoriam -- 1 In Memoriam- Professor Marcel Storme -- 2 In Memoriam- Professor Sir Louis Blom- Cooper, QC -- Index. Giuseppe Franco Ferrari -- Maimon Schwarzschild -- Mónica Castillejos-Aragón -- Cyrus Das -- Shimon Shetreet -- Shimon Shetreet --

Challenged Justice: In Pursuit of Judicial Independence is an academic continuation of the previous volumes on judicial Independence edited by Shimon Shetreet, with others: Jules Deschenes, Christopher Forsyth, and Wayne McCormack. All books were published by Brill Nijhoff: Judicial Independence: The Contemporary Debate (1985), The Culture of Judicial Independence: Conceptual Foundations and Practical Challenges (2012), The Culture of Judicial Independence: Rule of Law and World Peace (2014) and The Culture of Judicial Independence in a Globalised World (2016). This book offers academic articles by distinguished jurists on judicial independence and judicial process in many jurisdictions including indicators of justice and analysis of international Standards on judicial independence and judicial ethics.

9789004421554 9789004421547

10.1163/9789004421554 DOI




Judicial process.
Political questions and judicial power.
Judicial ethics.

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