The power of judges : a comparative study of courts and democracy / Carlo Guarnieri and Patrizia Pederzoli ; C.A. Thomas, (English editor).
2002
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Title
The power of judges : a comparative study of courts and democracy / Carlo Guarnieri and Patrizia Pederzoli ; C.A. Thomas, (English editor).
Published
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2002.
Call Number
K2100 .G82 2002
Former Call Number
Comp 710 G932 2002
ISBN
0198298358 (alk. paper)
Description
[ix], 235 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
System Control No.
(OCoLC)48376053
Note
"SEPS European Secretariat for Scientific Publications."
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages [197]-220) and index.
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Table of Contents
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Introduction
1
AThe social and political significance of the judiciary
1
BThe rise of the political judge
4
CHow to guard the guardians
13
DA comparative and empirical analysis: general trends and peculiar cases
13
Ch. 1
Judges: Status, Career, and Activism
18
AThe status of judges
18
BBureaucratic and professional judiciaries
66
CJudicial role
68
Ch. 2
The Judicial System
78
AThe structure of the judiciary
78
BAccess to courts
98
CThe powers of the judge
120
Ch. 3
The Political System
150
AJudicial power and democracy: an inevitable tension
150
BThe roots of judicial power ...
160
C... and its expansion in contemporary democracies
168
Conclusion: Judicial Power: Threat or Key to Democracy?
185
AThe rise of the political judge in democracies
186
BThe dangers of judicial power in Europe
188
CHow to reconcile judicial power and democracy
191
References
197
Index
221