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Author Guarnieri, Carlo, 1949-

Title The power of judges : a comparative study of courts and democracy / Carlo Guarnieri and Patrizia Pederzoli ; C.A. Thomas, English editor
Published Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2002

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 235 pages) : illustrations
Series Oxford socio-legal studies
Oxford socio-legal studies
Contents Introduction -- A. The social and political significance of the judiciary -- B. The rise of the political judge -- C. How to guard the guardians -- D.A comparative and empirical analysis: general trends and peculiar cases -- 1. Judges: Status, Career, and Activism -- 2. The Judicial System -- 3. The Political System -- Conclusion: Judicial Power: Threat or Key to Democracy?
Summary This text argues that certain elements affect the political significance of judicial decisions: Firstly, the status of judges; secondly, the organization of the judicial system including such things as the existence of judicial review of legislation and the structure of trials
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Courts.
Judges.
Judicial power.
Law -- Political aspects.
Courts.
Judges.
Judicial power.
Law -- Political aspects.
Rechterlijke macht.
Rechtspraak.
Politieke aspecten.
Genre/Form Rechtsvergelijking (vorm)
Form Electronic book
Author Pederzoli, Patrizia
Thomas, C. A. (Cheryl A.)
European Secretariat for Scientific Publications
LC no. 2001055458
ISBN 9780191685422
0191685429