Limits of legality : the ethics of lawless judging /
Brand-Ballard, Jeffrey.
Oxford ; New York, N.Y. : Oxford University Press,
2010.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-338) and index.
Introduction -- Practical reasons and judicial use of force -- Deviating from legal standards -- The legal duties of judges -- The normative classification of legal results -- Reasons to deviate -- Adherence rules -- Obeying adherence rules -- The judicial oath -- Legal duty and political obligation -- Systemic effects -- Agent-relative principles -- Optimal adherence rules -- Guidance rules -- Treating like cases alike -- Implementation -- Theoretical implications -- Conclusion.
Judicial ethics
Judicial corruption
Rule of law