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Comparative judicial systems : challenging frontiers in conceptual and empirical analysis /

Comparative Judicial Systems: Challenging Frontiers in Conceptual and Empirical Analysis is a comprehensive and cohesive collection of investigative essays written by significant contributors in the field of comparative judicial institutions and politics. These essays seek to explain the judicial sy...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: International Political Science Association. Research Committee for Comparative Judicial Studies
Otros Autores: Schmidhauser, John R. (John Richard), 1922-2018
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: London ; Boston : Butterworths, 1987.
Colección:Advances in political science ; 6.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Front Cover; Comparative Judicial Systems: Challenging Frontiers in Conceptual and Empirical Analysis; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; FROM THE SERIES EDITOR; FOREWORD; NOTES; References; PREFACE; PART I: COMPARATIVE MODELS AND CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS; Introduction; References; CHAPTER 1. JUDICIAL INSTITUTIONS IN CROSS-NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE: TOWARD INTEGRATING COURTS INTO THE COMPARATIVE STUDY OF POLITICS; Conceptual frameworks; Data Sources; NOTES; References; CHAPTER 2. ALTERNATIVE CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORKS IN COMPARATIVE CROSS NATIONAL LEGAL AND JUDICIAL RESEARCH; NOTES; References.
  • PART II: SINGLE NATION ANALYSES: MAPPING THE BASES FOR SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONIntroduction; CHAPTER 3. JUDICIAL REVIEW IN A FEDERAL AND PLURAL SOCIETY: THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA; Historical precursors of judicial review of the constitution in Canada: the Imperial (British) element; The French, Civil Law element: impact of Quebec's Quiet Revolution
  • Reception of American constitutional ideas on judicial review; Contemporary dilemmas of judicial review on the Canadian Supreme Court; References; CHAPTER 4. JUDICIAL ACTIVISM IN A DIVIDED SOCIETY: THE RULE OF LAW IN THE WEIMAR REPUBLIC.
  • The Rule of Law
  • TransformedJudicial review; The Weimar Bill of Rights; The judges of the republic; Conclusion; NOTES; References; CHAPTER 5. THE CHANGING ROLE OF THE ISRAELI SUPREME COURT; 1. THE PRESENT ISRAELI CONSTITUTION
  • 2. THE ISRAELI POLITICAL CULTURE; 3. THE ISRAELI CIVIL COURT SYSTEM; 4 . PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR THE CIVIL COURTS; 5. THE JURISDICTION OF THE ISRAELI SUPREME COURT; 6. ACCESS TO THE SUPREME COURT; 7. THE TREND OF SUPREME COURT DECISIONS: THE COURT AS POLICY-MAKER; NOTES; References; CHAPTER 6. THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA.
  • I. Adaptability-RigidityII. Complexity-Simplicity; III. Autonomy-Subordination; IV. Coherence-Disunity; Conclusions; NOTES; References; CHAPTER 7. A CROSS-NATIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON THE STRUCTURING OF TRIAL COURT OUTPUTS: THE CASE OF THE ENGLISH HIGH COURT; English Courts and Politics; What Makes Courts Political; Choice-Making by the English High Court; Conclusion; NOTE; References; PART III: MULTI-NATION ANALYSES: THE EXTENSION OF THE SCIENTIFIC FRONTIER; Introduction; CHAPTER 8. JUDICIAL LEADERSHIP: ENGLISH AND AMERICAN EXPERIENCE; Judicial Leadership: English and American Experiences; NOTES.