The culture of judicial independence
Subtitle: conceptual foundations and practical challenges
By: edited by Shimon Shetreet, Christopher Forsyth
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 639
ISBN-13: 9789004188334
Subjects: Judicial independence; Congresses
Description: The creation of a culture of Judicial Independence is of a central significance both in national domestic legal systems, as well as for the international courts and tribunals. The main aim of this volume is to analyze the development of a culture of Judicial Independence in comparative perspectives, to offer an examination of the conceptual foundations of the principle of judicial independence and to discuss in detail the practical challenges facing judiciaries in different jurisdictions. The proposed volume is based on the papers presented at the five conferences held in the framework of The ... read moreInternational Project on Judicial independence. The editors of this volume and the contributors to it are leading scholars and distinguished experts on judicial independence and judiciarie.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Creating a culture of judicial independence : the practical challenge and the conceptual and constitutional infrastructure / Shimon Shetreet; title: The failure of institutions : the South African Judicial Service Commission and the Hlophe saga / Christopher Forsyth; title: Independence of the judiciary : the European perspective / Marcel Storme; title: A fresh start : the four pillars of civil justice / Neil Andrews; title: Judicial independence and the rule of law : exploring the European experience / Carlo Guarnieri and Daniela Piana; title: The rule of law vs. the rule of judges : a Brandesian solution / Stephan Goldstein; title: The threats to judicial independence : experiences from the commonwealth / Cyrus Das; title: Corruption and judicial independence / Hiram E. Chodosh; title: Judiciary, military, and harshness of violence / Wayne McCormack; title: Common law, private law, and judicial independence / Maimon Schwarzschild; title: The independence and impartiality of the 'international judiciary' / James Crawford and Joe McIntyre; title: The independence of international judges in national courts : lessons from Bosnia Herzegovina / David Feldman; title: The impact of the Echr jurisprudence on the Austrian practice in the field of judicial independence / Walter Rechberger; title: The independence of international arbitrators / H.E. Markus Buechel; title: Judicial independence as an indicator of international court effectiveness : a goal-based approach / Yuval Shany; title: Separation of powers and the international judiciary - a vision of institutional judicial independence in international law / Michael Bohlander; title: The Supreme Court of Canada appointment process : chronology, context and; title: Reform / Irwin Cotler; title: The system of the judicial appointment in Polish : a question of the legitimacy and of the judicial power / Fryderyk Zoll; title: Courts and the media : opening new doors. Current aspects of court-media interaction in Israel / Eliezer Rivlin; title: Independence and judicial discipline : the Italian code of judicial conduct / Daniela; title: Cavallini; title: The age of judicial responsibility : the retirement and resignation of appellate court judges / Sir Louis Blom-Cooper; title: Standards of judicial behavior and the impact of codes of conduct / Anton Cooray; title: Judicial independence : the British experience / Neil Andrews; title: A recent challenge to judicial independence in Sri Lanka : the issue of the constitutional challenge / Chandra R. de Silva; title: Challenges of judicial independence-an Australian perspective / H.P. Lee; title: Shrinking legal aid, unrepresented litigants and judicial independence / Avrom Sherr; title: The Northern Irish judiciary in times of crisis : the Diplock courts / Sophie Turrene; title: The challenge of judicial independence and the experience of Pakistan / Tassaduq Hussain Jillani; title: The relevance for Brazil of international standards of judicial independence / Ada Pellegrini Grivoner; title: The role of law in society in developing countries / Chandra R. de Silva; title: The Supreme Court and supremacy of the judiciary in India / K. K. Venugopal; title: The Mt. Scopus international standards of judicial independence : the innovative concepts and the formulation of a consensus in a legal culture of diversity / Shimon Shetreet.