Limits of legality
Subtitle: the ethics of lawless judging
By: Jeffrey Brand-Ballard
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 354
ISBN-13: 9780195342291
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-338) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Practical reasons and judicial use of force; title: Deviating from legal standards; title: The legal duties of judges; title: The normative classification of legal results; title: Reasons to deviate; title: Adherence rules; title: Obeying adherence rules; title: The judicial oath; title: Legal duty and political obligation; title: Systemic effects; title: Agent-relative principles; title: Optimal adherence rules; title: Guidance rules; title: Treating like cases alike; title: Implementation; title: Theoretical implications; title: Conclusion.