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The judge in a democracy /

Whether examining election outcomes, the legal status of terrorism suspects, or if (or how) people can be sentenced to death, a judge in a modern democracy assumes a role that raises some of the most contentious political issues of our day. But do judges even have a role beyond deciding the disputes...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barak, Aharon
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Hebrew
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Bridging the gap between law and society
  • Protection the Constitution and democracy
  • Preconditions for realizing the judicial role
  • The meaning of means
  • Interpretation
  • The development of the common law
  • Balancing and weighing
  • Non-justiciability, or "political questions"
  • Standing
  • Comparative law
  • The judgment
  • Tension among the branches
  • The relationship between the judiciary and the legislature
  • The relationship between the judiciary and the executive
  • Activism and self-restraint
  • The judicial role and the problem of terrorism
  • The role of the judge: Theory, practice, and the future.