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Judicial activism in common law supreme courts
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Shortle, Harris Dickson.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Political questions and judicial power.
- Courts of last resort.
- Appellate courts.
- Judicial review.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (liv, 449 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This title examines how judges in the top courts of ten common law countries develop the law by devising new principles to allow innovation and to ensure that human rights are universally protected.
- Contents:
- Comparing supreme courts / Brice Dickson
- 'Restrained activism' in the High Court of Australia / Fiona Wheeler and John Williams
- Judicial activism in the Supreme Court of Canada / Kent Roach
- The Supreme Court of India / Venkat Iyer
- The Supreme Court of Ireland / William Binchy
- Judicial activism in Israel / Eli Salzberger
- Judicial activism and New Zealand's appellate courts / Bruce Harris
- Judicial activism of a special type : South Africa's top courts since 1994 / Hugh Corder
- Judicial activism in the House of Lords 1995-2007 / Brice Dickson
- The United States of America / Mark Tushnet.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-170755-4
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