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The judge in a democracy

Title: The judge in a democracy / Aharon Barak.
Author: Barak, Aharon.
Publication: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2006], ©2006.
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Description

xxi, 332 pages; 24 cm

Uniform Title

Shofeṭ be-ḥevrah ha-demoḳraṭit. English

Alternative Title

Shofeṭ be-ḥevrah ha-demoḳraṭit.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

1. Bridging the gap between law and society -- 2. Protecting the Constitution and democracy -- 3. Preconditions for realizing the judicial role -- 4. The meaning of means -- 5. Interpretation -- 6. The development of the common law -- 7. Balancing and weighing -- 8. Non-justiciability, or "political questions" -- 9. Standing -- 10. Comparative law -- 11. The judgment -- 12. Tension among the branches -- 13. The relationship between the judiciary and the legislature -- 14. The relationship between the judiciary and the executive -- 15. Activism and self-restraint -- 16. The judicial role and the problem of terrorism -- 17. The role of the judge : theory, practice, and the future.

ISBN

069112017X (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

2005028578
9780691120171

OCLC

OCM61821762
SCSB-5264386

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries