Judicial independence at the crossroads : an interdisciplinary approach / Stephen B. Burbank, Barry Friedman, editors.

Concerned that scholars in various disciplines were talking past each other and that policy debates concerning judicial independence were impoverished, the editors convened a conference of scholars from the disciplines of law, political science, history, economics and sociology. Judicial Independenc...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Other Authors: Burbank, Stephen B., Friedman, Barry
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Thousand Oaks : Sage Publications, 2002.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: pt. I Reconsidering Judicial Independence
  • 1. Introduction / Stephen B. Burbank / Barry Friedman / Deborah Goldberg
  • 2. Reconsidering Judicial Independence / Stephen B. Burbank / Barry Friedman
  • pt. II Meaning of Judicial Independence: Theoretical Dimensions
  • 3. Is Judicial Independence a Useful Concept? / Lewis A. Kornhauser
  • 4. Independence as a Governance Mechanism / Edward L. Rubin
  • pt. III Theory and Evidence
  • 5. Does Judicial Independence Exist? The Lessons of Social Science Research / Terri Jennings Peretti
  • 6. Judicial Independence: How Can You Tell It When You See It? And, Who Cares? / Charles M. Cameron
  • 7. Behavioral Factors Affecting Judicial Independence / Charles H. Franklin
  • 8. Customary Independence / Charles Gardner Geyh
  • pt. IV Comparative Dimensions
  • 9. Selecting Selection Systems / Olga Shvetsova / Jack Knight / Lee Epstein
  • 10. Declarations of Independence: Judicial Reactions to Political Pressure / Kim Lane Scheppele.