Challenged justice : : in pursuit of judicial independence / / edited by Shimon Shetreet, Hiram Chodosh and Eric Helland.

• TeilnehmendeR: Shetreet, Shimon, 1946-; Chodosh, Hiram,; Helland, Eric,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, The Netherlands ;, Boston : : Brill Nijhoff,, [2021]; ©2021
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.
• Notes: Includes index.

Challenged Justice: In Pursuit of Judicial Independence is an academic continuation of the previous volumes on judicial Independence edited by Shimon Shetreet, with others: Jules Deschenes, Christopher Forsyth, and Wayne McCormack. All books were published by Brill Nijhoff: Judicial Independence: The Contemporary Debate (1985), The Culture of Judicial Independence: Conceptual Foundations and Practical Challenges (2012), The Culture of Judicial Independence: Rule of Law and World Peace (2014) and The Culture of Judicial Independence in a Globalised World (2016). This book offers academic articles by distinguished jurists on judicial independence and judicial process in many jurisdictions including indicators of justice and analysis of international Standards on judicial independence and judicial ethics.

Table of Contents

Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Table of Cases -- Table of Legislation -- Notes on Contributors -- 1 General Introduction / Shimon Shetreet -- PART 1 Challenges to Judicial Independence -- 2 Reflections on the Changing Position of the Judiciary / Lord Thomas with Introduction by Lord Pannick -- 3 Threats to Judicial Independence Traditional Transitions Challenged / Wayne McCormack -- 4 The Rule of Universality and Particularity Judicial Independence, Judicial Appointments and Other Issues / Shimon Shetreet -- PART 2 Measuring Justice -- 5 Quality of Justice for Citizens From Courts Standards to Equal Access for All / Daniela Piana -- 6 Commodification of Justice--A Personal View on Managerial Performance Indicators in the Judicial Context / Michael Bohlander -- 7 Judicial Independence Through Data-Driven Knowledge, Open Data, and Artificial Intelligence from a European Perspective / Gianpaolo Maria Ruotolo -- 8 Judicial Independence A French Paradoxical Pattern in the European Field / Emmanuel Cartier -- PART 3 Judicial Independence and Impartiality -- 9 Global Perspectives of Judicial Independence Structural Transitions and Turmoil / Wayne McCormack -- 10 The Struggle to Defend the Independence of the Judiciary in Africa / Charles Manga Fombad -- 11 The Transformation of Judicial Independence in Belarus in The Post-Communist Era / Ksenyia Laputko -- 12 Aged Clichés, Different Suburb Justice in Romania: Crisis Vs. Independence / Sebastian Spinei -- 13 Family Ties and Judicial Independence / Jonathan L. Entin PART 4 Judicial Accountability -- 14 Judges' Responsibility and Accountability / Eliezer Rivlin -- 15 The Code of Conduct for the Justices of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany / Thorsten Ingo Schmidt 16 Judges On and Off the Bench The Outreach of Independence / Louis Blom-Cooper .

PART 5 Judicial Protection of Individual Rights -- 17 Judicial Role in the Protection of Social Rights / Giuseppe Franco Ferrari -- 18 The Judicial Role in the United States and the Political Question Doctrine / Maimon Schwarzschild -- PART 6 The Rule of Law and Democracy -- 19 Fighting for Political Liberalism The Role of Lawyers in Mobilizing for Judicial Independence / Mónica Castillejos-Aragón -- 20 Matters of the Judiciary A Role for Bar Associations / Cyrus Das -- 21 Democracy Challenged Theoretical Foundations of the Concept of Judicial Independence and the Contemporary Challenges-Comparative Perspectives / Shimon Shetreet -- 22 Analysis of the Amendments of Mount Scopus Standards of Judicial Independence and the Bologna and Milan Global Code of Judicial Ethics (Adopted 2016-2019) / Shimon Shetreet -- PART 7 Appendices -- Appendix I Mount Scopus International Standards of Judicial Independence 421 -- Appendix II Bologna, Milano Global Code of Judicial Ethics 2015 456 -- Appendix III The New Delhi Code of Minimum Standards of Judicial Independence (Adopted by the IBA New Delhi Convention 1982) -- Appendix IV Montreal Universal Declaration on the Independence of Justice -- Appendix V UN Basic Principles on the Independence of Judges and Lawyers -- Appendix VI United Kingdom Supreme Court Guide to Judicial Conduct (2019) -- Appendix VII Code of Conduct for the Justices of the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany -- PART 8 In Memoriam -- 1 In Memoriam- Professor Marcel Storme -- 2 In Memoriam- Professor Sir Louis Blom- Cooper, QC -- Index.