- ISBN13: 9780813920160
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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… More >>
Judicial Independence in the Age of Democracy: Critical Perspectives from around
Tags: comparative perspective, constitutional law, critical component, critical perspectives, judicial independence, latin america, peter h russell, western europe
This is a wonderful book for people interested in judicial power in a comparative perspective. The book starts with a fabulous essay by Peter Russell laying out a general theory of judicial independence. The rest of the chapters deal with the concept of judicial independence in various contexts ranging from the US, Germany and Japan to post-communist systems and Hong Kong. The most interesting chapter was the Japanese system where judicial independence is constrained by the internal structure of the judiciary. The only disappointment was the lack of a chapter on Canada, especially when the premier Canadian public law scholar, Russell, was one of the editors. But, despite this, I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a sample of comparative judicial analysis.
Rating: 4 / 5