Towering judges : a comparative study of constitutional judges / edited by Rehan Abeyratne, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Iddo Porat, College of Law and Business, Israel.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abeyratne, Rehan, author.

Porat, Iddo, author.

Series:

Comparative constitutional law and policy.

Comparative constitutional law and policy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Judges.

Constitutional law.

Constitutional courts.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 346 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

Summary:

In Towering Judges: A Comparative Study of Constitutional Judges, Rehan Abeyratne and Iddo Porat lead an exploration of a new topic in comparative constitutional law: towering judges. The volume examines the work of nineteen judges from fourteen jurisdictions, each of whom stood out individually among their fellow judges and had a unique impact on the trajectory of constitutional law. The chapters ask: what makes a towering judge; what are the background conditions that foster or deter the rise of towering judges; are towering judges, on balance, positive or detrimental for constitutional systems; how do towering judges differ from one jurisdiction to another; how do political and historical developments relate to this phenomenon; and how does all of this fit within global constitutionalism? The answers to these questions offer important insight into how these judges were able to shine to an uncommon degree in a profession where individualism is not always looked on favourably.

Contents:

Introduction / Rehan Abeyratne and Iddo Porat

Towering judges and global constitutionalism / Iddo Porat

The landscapes towering judges tower over / Mark Tushnet

Sir Anthony Mason : towering over the High Court of Australia / Gabrielle Appleby and Andrew Lynch

Canada's most towering judge of all / Richard Albert and Lawrence David

Lady Hale : a feminist towering Judge / Rosemary Hunter and Erika Rackley

Hugh Kennedy : Ireland's (Quietly) towering nation-maker / Tom Daly

Judicial rhetoric of a liberal policy : Hong Kong, 1997-2012 / C.L. Lim

Judicial minimalism as towering : Singapore's Chief Justice Chan Sek Keong / Jaclyn Neo and Kevin YL Tan

Nepal's Most towering Judge : The Honourable Kalyan Shrestha / Mara Malagodi

Barak's legal revolutions and what remains of them : authoritarian abuse of the judiciary-empowerment revolution in Israel / Alon Harel

PN Bhagwati and the transformation of India's judiciary / Rehan Abeyratne

Justice Cepeda's institution-building on the Colombian Constitutional Court : a fusion of political and the legal / David Landau

A towering but modest judicial figure : the case of Arthur Chaskalson / Dennis M Davis

Chief Justice S?olyom and the paradox of "revolution under the rule of law" / G?abor Attila T?oth

The socialist model of individual judicial powers / Bui Ngoc Son

The civil law tradition, the Pinochet Constitution, and Judge Eugenio Valenzuela / Sergio Verdugo

Towering v collegial judges : a comparative reflection / Rosalind Dixon.

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 26 Mar 2021).

ISBN:

1-108-88799-6

1-108-88293-5

1-108-87919-5

OCLC:

1161997060