Overview
- Discusses judicial activism on the left and the right
- Argues that judicial activism in respect of the protection of human rights and due process is an essential feature of the democratic rule of law
- Discusses selected contemporary US Supreme Court, Canadian Supreme Court and European Court of Human Rights cases illustrating judicial activism
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About this book
The book will be of interest to those with a deep concern regarding the factors that influence judicial decision-making and the judiciary's role through judgments in promoting and preserving the underpinnings of democracy. This includes legal researchers, the judiciary, practicing counsel and legal academics and law students as well as those in the area of democracy studies, in addition to scholars in the fields of sociology and philosophy of law.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Judicial Activism and the Democratic Rule of Law
Book Subtitle: Selected Case Studies
Authors: Sonja C. Grover
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-35085-7
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-35084-0Published: 18 February 2020
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-35087-1Published: 18 February 2021
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-35085-7Published: 17 February 2020
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 276
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: Human Rights, Democracy, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History