Judging Judges : Values and the Rule of Law /
The "rule of law" stands at the heart of the American legal system. But the rule of law does not require judges slavishly to follow the letter of the law, unaffected by political or social influences. Because following the rule of law absolutely is impossible, it is dismissed by the public...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Waco, Texas :
Baylor University Press,
[2014]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The battle over judges and the rule of law
- Values and the rule of law from the inside out
- Judges and formalist values
- Judges and good-faith values
- Judges and cynical values
- Judges and rogue values
- Conclusion : changing how we judge the judges.