Fair reflection of society in judicial systems : a comparative study / Sophie Turenne, editor.

This book addresses one central question: if justice is to be done in the name of the community, how far do the decision-makers need to reflect the community, either in their profile or in the opinions they espouse? Each contributor provides an answer on the basis of a careful analysis of the rules,...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Turenne, Sophie (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2015.
Series:Ius comparatum ; v. 7.
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Table of Contents:
  • Table of contents
  • About the Authors
  • 1. Fair reflection of society in judicial systems; Sophie Turenne
  • 2. Judges and democracy in Argentina: an elite in search of legitimacy; José Sebastián Elias
  • 3. Concepts of representation in their application to the judiciary in Australia; Susan Kiefel AC and Cheryl Saunders
  • 4. Re-forming a meritorious elite. Judicial independence, selection of judges and the High Council of Justice in Belgium; Maurice Adams and Benoît Allemeersch
  • 5. La justice constitutionnelle au-delà du gouvernement des juges: la constitution de pratiques pour refléter la société; Stéphane Bernatchez
  • 6. Judicial selection, lay participation, and judicial culture in the Czech Republic: a study in a Central European (non)transformation'; Michal Bobek
  • 7. Lay judges and professionals in Danish Courts; Ditlev Tamm
  • 8. Finnish judges between tradition and dynamism; Pia Letto-Vanamo
  • 9. How to become a Judge in Hungary? From the professionalism of the judiciary to the political ties of the Constitutional CourtBalázs Fekete
  • 10. The independence and social influence of a meritorious legal elite in Serbia; Dušan Nikolić
  • 11. The government of judges and democracy. The tragic institutional situation of the Venezuelan judiciary; Allan R. Brewer-Carías
  • Annex: Questionnaire.