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The Independence and Accountability of the English Judiciary
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Artikel-Nr:
9781107629370
Veröffentl:
2014
Einband:
Paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
30.07.2014
Seiten:
494
Autor:
Shimon Shetreet
Gewicht:
709 g
Format:
229x152x27 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Shimon Shetreet is the Greenblatt chair of public and international law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel, where he is a past chairman of the Sacher Institute of Legislative Research and Comparative Law. In 1980, he served as a member of the Chief Justice Landau Commission on the Israeli Court System and is President of the International Association of Judicial Independence. Between 1988 and 1996 he served as a Member of the Israeli Parliament, and was a cabinet minister under Yitshak Rabin and Shimon Peres.
This study of the English judiciary stimulates a discussion of the factors shaping judicial independence, including accountability and constitutional adjudication.
1. Introduction; 2. Constitutional steps towards judicial independence; 3. The structure and governance of the English judiciary; 4. Judicial appointments; 5. Standards of conduct on the bench; 6. Standards of conduct in extra-judicial activities; 7. Immunity, discipline and removal of judges; 8. Freedom of expression and public confidence in the judiciary; 9. Conclusion.