Kate Malleson, Peter H. Russell

Appointing Judges in an Age of Judicial Power

Critical Perspectives from around the World
Herausgeber: Malleson, Kate; Russell, Peter H

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Produktbeschreibung

The main aim of this volume is to analyse common issues arising from increasing judicial power in the context of different political and legal systems, including those in North America, Africa, Europe, Australia, and Asia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 450
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. März 2006
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 151mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 735g
• ISBN-13: 9780802093813
• ISBN-10: 0802093817
• Artikelnr.: 20807382

Autorenporträt

Kate Malleson is a professor in the Department of Law at Queen Mary, University of London. Peter H. Russell is a professor emeritus of political science at the University of Toronto.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword
Preface
Introduction
KATE MALLESON
PART ONE: APPOINTING JUDGES IN ESTABLISHED DEMOCRACIES
1. The Scottish Judicial Appointments Board: New Wine in Old Bottles?
ALAN PATERSON
2. The New Judicial Appointments Commission in England and Wales: New
Wine in New Bottles?
KATE MALLESON
3. Judicial Appointments in Post-Charter Canada: A System in Transition
F.L. MORTON
4. Legal Controversies over Federal Judicial Selection in the United
States: Breaking the Cycle of Obstruction and Retribution over
Judicial Appointments
MICHAEL C. TOLLEY
5. Judicial Appointments in New Zealand: If it were done when ’tis done,
then ’twere well it were done openly and directly
JAMES ALLAN
6.  ‘The judicial whisper goes around’: Appointment of Judicial Officers
in Australia
ELIZABETH HANDSLEY
7. Merit Selection and Diversity in the Dutch Judiciary
LENY E. DE GROOT-VAN LEEUWEN
8. Judicial Selection in Italy: A Civil Service Model with Partisan
Results
MARY L. VOLCANSEK
9. The Selection of Judges in France: Searching for a New Legitimacy
DORIS MARIE PROVINE and ANTOINE GARAPON
10. The Selection Process of Constitutional Court Judges in Germany
CHRISTINE LANDFRIED
PART TWO: APPOINTING THE JUDGES OF INTERNATIONAL COURTS
1. Judicial Selection for International Courts: Towards Common Principles and
Practices
RUTH MACKENZIE and PHILLIPE SANDS
PART THREE: APPOINTING JUDGES IN NEW DEMOCRACIES AND TRANSITIONAL STATES
2. Judicial Appointments and Promotions in Israel: Constitution, Law and
Politics
ELI M. SALZBERGER
3. The Politics of Judicial Selection in Egypt
MAHMOUD M. HAMAD
4. Judicial Selection in Post-Apartheid South Africa
FRANÇOIS DU BOIS
5. A Judiciary in Transition: Reflections on the Selection of Judges in
Namibia
SUFIAN HEMED BUKURURA
6. Creating a Compliant Judiciary in Zimbabwe, 2000–2003
DEREK MATYSZAK
7. The Politics of Judicial Selection and Appointments in Japan and Ten South
and Southeast Asian Countries
DAVID M. O’BRIEN
8. Judicial Selection in Russia: Towards Accountability and Centralization
ALEXEI TROCHEV
9. Improving the Quality of the Judiciary in China: Recent Reforms to the
Procedures for Appointing, Promoting, and Discharging Judges
COLIN HAWES
Conclusion
PETER H. RUSSELL
Table of Cases
Bibliography
Contributors