Comparative, Jurisprudence, Philosophy, Civil Procedure, Law, Comparative Study, judicial independance 

"Explores the important and topical subject of judicial independence and judicial accountability. This work includes contributions from practitioners and academics placing these twin issues within a comparative law perspective, showing how legal systems across the world have adapted to developments in this field." - Voila 

Content:
Judicial independence and accountability : national traditions and standards / Mads Andenas, and Duncan Fairgrieve -- The responsibility of judges in France / Guy Cavinet -- Developing mechanisms for judicial accountability in the UK / Andrew Le Sueur -- The independence of the judiciary : a question of identity! / Sophie Boyron -- A supreme court for the United Kingdom : views from the northern kingdom / Chris Himsworth and Alan Paterson -- Judicial independence and accountability within the United Kingdom's new constitutional settlement / Diana Woodhouse -- Modernizing the constitution : completing the unfinished business / K.E. Malleson -- Judges and politics : an essay from Canada / Allan C. Hutchinson -- Judicial authority in a changing South Africa / Hugh Corder -- Judicial accountability in Spain : an outline / Luis María Díez-Picazo -- The accountability and independence of judges : German perspectives / Martina Künnecke -- Quelques remarques d'ordre comparatif sur la notion d'accountability appliquée à la justice / Horatia Muir Watt -- Une justice 'comptable' de ses decisions? / Antoine Garapon -- Reflections on continental European supreme courts / John Bell -- External institutional control over judges / Lord Mance -- Le contrôle exercé par la Cour des Comptes / Jean-Pierre Gastinel -- Le contrôle externe institutionnalisé : de la responsabilité des magistrats et du service public de la justice / Roger Errera -- L'indépendance du judiciare : le contrôle interne / Andrée Lajoie -- Le contrôle fonctionnel de gestion (1) / Philippe Lemaire -- Le contrôle fonctionnel de gestion (2) / Christian Raysseguier -- Accountability versus independence : the impact of judicial immunity / Abimbola A. Olowofoyeku -- State liability for judicial wrongs and Community law : the case of Gerhard Köbler v Austria / Marten Breuer -- Le contrôle informel : l'institution judiciaire, les juges et la société (1) / Robert Reed -- Le contrôle informel : l'institution judiciaire, les juges et la société (2) / Carlo Guarnieri -- Accountability of the judiciary on the national level for violations of the European Convention on Human Rights / Tom Barkhuysen and Michiel L. van Emmerik -- Rendre compte de la qualite de la justice / Jean-Paul Costa -- Global lessons and best practices : corruption and judicial independence / Keith E. Henderson. 

Donated by Graham Price.
Item catalogued by editor (Canivet, Guy)
Includes bibliographical references and index.