Judicial Independence in the Age of Democracy: Critical Perspectives from around (Constitutionalism and Democracy Series) - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0813920167 ISBN 13: 9780813920160

Publisher: University of Virginia Press, 2001

Synopsis

This collection of essays by leading scholars of constitutional law looks at a critical component of constitutional democracy--judicial independence--from an international comparative perspective. Peter H. Russell's introduction outlines a general theory of judicial independence, while the contributors analyze a variety of regimes from the United States and Latin America to Russia and Eastern Europe, Western Europe and the United Kingdom, Australia, Israel, Japan, and South Africa. Russell's conclusion compares these various regimes in light of his own analytical framework.

About this title

About the Author:

Peter H. Russell, Professor of Political Science Emeritus at the University of Toronto, is author of seven books on the judiciary, constitutional issues, and democracy.

David M. O'Brien, Leone Reaves and George W. Spicer Professor at the University of Virginia, is author of numerous publications, including Storm Center: The Supreme Court in American Politics.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0813920167
• ISBN 13: 9780813920160
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 325
• Editor: Russell Peter H., O'Brien David M.