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Appointing judges in an age of judicial power : critical perspectives from around the world / edited by Kate Malleson and Peter H. Russell.
- Title
- Appointing judges in an age of judicial power : critical perspectives from around the world / edited by Kate Malleson and Peter H. Russell.
- Publication
- Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c2006.
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- Description
- xii, 473 p.; 24 cm.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references: p. [441]-468.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Introduction / Kate Malleson -- Part one. Appointing judges in established democracies -- The Scottish Judicial Appointments Board : new wine in old bottles? / Alan Patterson -- The new Judicial Appointments Commission in England and Wales : new wine in new bottles? / Kate Malleson -- Judicial appointments in post-Charter Canada : a system in transition / F.L. Morton -- Legal controversies over federal judicial selection in the United States : breaking the cycle of obstruction and retribution over judicial appointments / Michael C. Tolley-- Judicial appointments in New Zealand : if it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done openly and directly / James Allan -- 'The judicial whisper goes around': appointment of judicial officers in Australia / Elizabeth Handsley -- Merit selection and diversity in the Dutch judiciary / Leny E. De Groot-Van Leeuwen -- Judicial selections in Italy : a civil service model with partisan results / Mary L. Volcansek -- The selection of judges in France : searching for a new legitimacy / Doris Marie Provine and Antoine Garapon -- The selection process of Constitutional Court judges in Germany / Christine Landfried -- Part two. Appointing the judges of international courts -- Judicial selection for internationlal courts : towards common principles and practices / Ruth Mackenzie and Phillipe Sands -- Part three. Appointing judges in new democracies and transitional states -- Judicial appointments and promotions in Israel : Constitution, law and politics / Eli M. Salzberger -- The politics of judicial selection in Egypt / Mahmoud M. Hamad -- Judicial selection in post-apartheid South Africa / Francois Du Bois -- A judiciary in transition : reflections on the selection of judges in Namibia / Sufian Hemed Burkurura -- Creating a compliant judiciary in Zimbabwe, 2000-2003 / Derek Matyszak -- The politics of judicial selection and appointments in Japan and ten South and Southeast Asian countries / David M. O'Brien -- Judicial selection in Russia : towards accountability and centralization / Alexei Trochev -- 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.
- ISBN
- 0802090532 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 0802093817 (pbk.)
- LCCN
- ^^2006276326
- 9780802090539 (cloth : alk. paper)
- 9780802093813 (pbk.)
- OCLC
- 62227549
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library