Mary L. Volcansek

Comparative Judicial Politics (eBook, PDF)

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Comparative Judicial Politics synthesizes the now extensive scholarly work on judicial politics from around the world, focusing on legal traditions, lawyers, judges, constitutional review, international and transnational courts, and the impact and legitimacy of courts. It offers typologies where relevant and intentionally raises questions to challenge readers' preconceptions of "best" practices.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798881874742
• Artikelnr.: 74396536

Autorenporträt

Mary L. Volcansek is professor emerita of political science at Texas Christian University where she also served as dean of liberal arts (2000-2007). She had previously taught at Florida International University and was a Jean Monnet Fellow at the European University Institute and a Visiting Professor at the University of Rome, "La Sapienza." She has published widely on U.S., Italian, European, and transnational courts. Most recently, she was co-editor with John F. Stack, Jr. of Courts and Terrorism (Cambridge University Press, 2011) and with Donald Jackson and Michael Tolley of Globalizing Justice (SUNY Press, 2009). She has published more than fifty articles and book chapters, in addition to twelve monographs or edited volumes.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1
, Law, Courts, and Politics
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Chapter 2
, Legal Traditions
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Chapter 3
, Lawyers and Access to Justice
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Chapter 4
, Judges
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Chapter 5
, Constitutional Review
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Chapter 6
, International and Transnational Courts
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Chapter 7
, The Impact of Courts
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Chapter 8
, The Legitimacy of Courts
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