Judges in Contemporary Democracy: An International Conversation
Editorial Reviews
Book Description
"Fascinating, spirited, and unique. This unusual book offers fresh illumination about what judges do and why they do it."
-Cass R. Sunstein, University of Chicago
Law, politics, and society in the modern West have been marked by the increasing power of the judge: the development of constitutional justice, the evolution of international judiciaries, and judicial systems that extend even further into social life. Judges make decisions that not only enforce the law, but also codify the values of our times.
In the summer of 2000, an esteemed group of judges and legal scholars met in Provence, France, to consider the role of the judge in modern society. They included Robert Badinter, former president of the Constitutional Council in France; Stephen Breyer, Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States; Antonion Cassese, the first president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia; Dieter Grimm, former vice president of the Constitutional Court of Germany; Gil Carlos Rodriguez, president of the Court of Justice of the European Union; and Ronald Dworkin, formerly of Oxford University, now professor of philosophy and law at the New York University Law School. What followed was an animated discussion ranging from the influence of the media on the judiciary to the development of an international criminal law to the judge's consideration of the judge's own role. Judges in Contemporary Democracy offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the powers and the role of judges in today's society.
About the Author
Robert Badinter is the former president of the Constitutional Council of France. Stephen Breyer is Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
Judges in Contemporary Democracy: An International Conversation,Robert Badinter,Stephen Breyer,Antonio Cassese,Ronald Dworkin,Dieter Grimm,Gil Carlos Rodriguez Ignlesias,New York University Press,0814799264,Courts - General,General,International,Judges,Judgments,Judicial process,Law,Legal Reference / Law Profession,Legal System,Political Ideologies - Democracy,Political questions and judici
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