Perils of judicial self-government in transitional societies : holding the least accountable branch to account
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Bibliographic Information
Perils of judicial self-government in transitional societies : holding the least accountable branch to account
(Comparative constitutional law and policy)
Cambridge University Press, 2016
- : hardback
Available at 2 libraries
  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
  Norway
  United States of America
Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 439-463) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Judicial councils and other judicial self-government bodies have become a worldwide phenomenon. Democracies are increasingly turning to them to insulate the judiciary from the daily politics, enhance independence and ensure judicial accountability. This book investigates the different forms of accountability and the taxonomy of mechanisms of control to determine a best practice methodology. The author expertly provides a meticulous analysis, using over 800 case studies from the Czech and Slovak disciplinary courts from 1993 to 2010 and creates a systematic framework that can be applied to future cases.
Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Part I. Judicial Accountability: Theoretical Framework: 1. The concept of judicial accountability
- 2. Mechanisms of judicial accountability
- 3. Judicial accountability and judicial councils
- Part II. Holding Czech and Slovak Judges Accountable: 4. Prologue to the case studies: methodology and data reporting
- 5. The Czech Republic
- 6. Slovakia
- 7. Evaluation: the Czech Republic and Slovakia compared
- Part III. Conclusions and Implications: 8. Judicial accountability and judicial councils: critical appraisal
- Annexes.
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