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Measuring judicial independence : the political economy of judging in Japan /
The role of the U.S. Supreme Court in the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election raised questions in the minds of many Americans about the relationships between judges and political influence; the following years saw equally heated debates over the appropriate role of political ideology in sele...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chicago :
University of Chicago Press,
2003.
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| Colección: | Studies in law and economics (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The role of the U.S. Supreme Court in the aftermath of the 2000 presidential election raised questions in the minds of many Americans about the relationships between judges and political influence; the following years saw equally heated debates over the appropriate role of political ideology in selecting federal judges. Legal scholars have always debated these questions--asking, in effect, how much judicial systems operate on merit and principle and how much they are shaped by politics. The Japanese Constitution, like many others, requires that all judges be "independent in the exercise of |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xii, 201 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-196) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780226703879 0226703878 1282537695 9781282537699 9786612537691 6612537698 |