Power of Judges - A Comparative Study of Courts and Democracy

Zusatztext ... enormously high quality of the factual research ... The comprehensive sweep of the authors' descriptions of judicial careers and systems in the seven jurisdictions is entirely admirable. The use of illustrative tables is particularly well done ... The authors are also to be commended for the thoroughness of their cross-references and bibliography. Informationen zum Autor Professor Carlo Guarnieri is working at the Dipartimento di organizzazione e sistema politico, Bologna, ItalyProfessor Patrizia Pederzole is working at the Dipartimento di organizzazione e sistema politico, Bologna, Italy Klappentext Judicial intervention in politics ('judicialization') has increased dramatically in Europe in recent decades, mirroring earlier trends in the United States. This book examines the growing power of judges in the United Kingdom, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Portugal and the United States, and argues that three elements affect the political significance of judicial decisions: the status of judges, the organisation of the judicial system, and the broader political system. Currently very topical, particularly in Britain in the wake of the Human Rights Act, this subject will be of enduring interest for the foreseeable future. Zusammenfassung This text argues that certain elements affect the political significance of judicial decisions: Firstly, the status of judges; secondly, the organization of the judicial system, including such things as the existence of judicial review of legislation and the structure of trials.

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• Authors: Carlo Guarnieri, Carlo Pederzoli Guarnieri, Guarnieri Carlo, Patrizia Pederzoli, Pederzoli Patrizia
• Assisted by: C. A. Thomas (Editor), and English Editor Cheryl Thomas (Translation), Cheryl Thomas (Translation)
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 04.04.2002
• EAN: 9780198298359
• ISBN: 978-0-19-829835-9
• No. of pages: 245
• Series: Oxford Socio-Legal Studies; Oxford Socio-Legal Studies
• Subjects: Guides > Law, job, finance > Family law; Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, LAW / Constitutional, LAW / Comparative, Political structures: democracy, comparative law, Sociology & anthropology, Sociology and anthropology, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general