The judge in a democracy / Aharon Barak.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Barak, Aharon.

Standardized Title:

• Shofeṭ be-ḥevrah ha-demoḳraṭit. English

Language:

• English
• Hebrew

Subjects (All):

• Judges.
• Judicial process.
• Law--Interpretation and construction.
• Judicial power.
• Judges--Israel.
• Judicial power--Israel.
• Judge-made law--Israel.
• Courts--Israel.
• Israel. Bet ha-mishpaṭ ha-ʻelyon.
• Courts.
• Judge-made law.
• Israel.

Physical Description:

xxi, 332 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2006]

Contents:

• Part 1 The Role of the Judge 1
• Chapter 1 Bridging the Gap between Law and Society 3
• Law and Society 3
• Changes in Legislation and in Its Interpretation 4
• Changes in Society Affecting the Constitutionality of Statutes 8
• Changes in the Common Law 10
• Change and Stability 11
• Chapter 2 Protecting the Constitution and Democracy 20
• The Struggle for Democracy 20
• What Is Democracy? 23
• The Separation of Powers 35
• Democracy and the Rule of Law 51
• Fundamental Principles 57
• Independence of the Judiciary 76
• Human Rights 81
• Criticism and Response 88
• Part 2 The Means of Realizing the Judicial Role 99
• Chapter 3 Preconditions for Realizing the Judicial Role 101
• Judicial Impartiality and Objectivity 101
• Social Consensus 107
• Public Confidence 109
• Chapter 4 The Meaning of Means 113
• The Legitimacy of the Means 113
• Operative Legal Theory 113
• Judicial Philosophy 116
• Chapter 5 Interpretation 122
• The Essence of Interpretation 122
• Purposive Interpretation 125
• Purposive Interpretation of a Constitution 127
• Purposive Interpretation of Statutes 136
• Purposive Interpretation and Judicial Discretion 146
• Purposive Interpretation and Intentionalism (or Subjective Purpose) 148
• Purposive Interpretation and Old Textualism 149
• Purposive Interpretation and New Textualism 152
• Chapter 6 The Development of the Common Law 155
• The Common Law as Judge-Made Law 155
• Judicial Lawmaking 157
• Overruling Precedent 158
• Chapter 7 Balancing and Weighing 164
• The Centrality of Balancing and Weighing 164
• Balancing and Categorization 166
• The Nature of Balancing 167
• Types of Balancing 170
• The Advantages of Balancing 172
• Critique of Balancing and Response 174
• The Scope of the Balancing 175
• Chapter 8 Non-Justiciability, or "Political Questions" 177
• The Role and Limits of Justiciability 177
• Types of Justiciability 178
• Justiciability and Public Confidence 186
• Chapter 9 Standing 190
• Standing and Adjudication 190
• Standing and Substantive Democracy 194
• Chapter 10 Comparative Law 197
• The Importance of Comparative Law 197
• The Influence of Comparative Law 198
• Comparative Law and Interpretation of Statutes 199
• Comparative Law and Interpretation of the Constitution 200
• Use of Comparative Law in Practice 202
• Chapter 11 The Judgment 205
• Formulating the Judgment and Realizing the Judicial Role 205
• The Judge as Part of the Panel 208
• Part 3 The Relationship Between the Court and the Other Branches of the State 213
• Chapter 12 Tension among the Branches 215
• Constant Tension 215
• The Tension Is Natural and Desirable 216
• The Attitude toward the State 217
• Public Officials as Trustees 220
• Duties of the Individual toward the State 222
• Chapter 13 The Relationship between the Judiciary and the Legislature 226
• The Uniqueness of the Legislature 226
• Judicial Review of Legislation 229
• Judicial Review of Nonlegislative Decisions of the Legislature 231
• The Dialogue between the Judiciary and the Legislature 236
• Chapter 14 The Relationship between the Judiciary and the Executive 241
• The Scope of Review 241
• Judicial Interpretation and Executive Interpretation 246
• Executive Reasonableness 248
• Proportionality 254
• Part 4 Evaluation of the Role of a Judge in a Democracy 261
• Chapter 15 Activism and Self-Restraint 263
• Definition of the Terms 263
• Some Definitions and Their Critiques 267
• Definition of Activism and Self-Restraint 270
• The Desirability of Activism or Self-Restraint 279
• Chapter 16 The Judicial Role and the Problem of Terrorism 283
• Terrorism and Democracy 283
• In Battle, the Laws Are Not Silent 287
• The Balance between National Security and Human Rights 291
• Scope of Judicial Review 298
• Chapter 17 The Role of the Judge: Theory, Practice, and the Future 306
• Theory 306
• Reality 310
• The Future 310.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

069112017X

OCLC:

61821762

Publisher Number:

9780691120171

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