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Laughing at the gods : great judges and how they made the common law /
"Any effort to understand how law works has to take seriously its main players--judges. Like any performance, judging should be evaluated by reference to those who are its best exponents. Not surprisingly, the debate about what makes a 'great judge' is as heated and inconclusive as th...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | "Any effort to understand how law works has to take seriously its main players--judges. Like any performance, judging should be evaluated by reference to those who are its best exponents. Not surprisingly, the debate about what makes a 'great judge' is as heated and inconclusive as the debate about the purpose and nature of law itself. History shows that those who are generally considered to be candidates for a judicial hall of fame are game changers who oblige us to rethink what it is to be a good judge. So the best of judges must tread a thin line between modesty and hubris; they must be neither mere umpires nor demigods. The eight judges showcased in this book demonstrate that, if the test of good judging is not about getting it right, but doing it well, then the measure of great judging is about setting new standards for what counts as judging well"--Provided by publisher |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (x, 318 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-299) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781139526067 1139526065 9781139083614 1139083619 9781139528450 1139528459 1139540041 9781139540049 1107235235 9781107235236 1283528479 9781283528474 1139527266 9781139527262 9786613840929 6613840920 1139531921 9781139531924 1139530739 9781139530736 |