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Title:

Fighting for justice : common law and civil law judges : threats and challenges / edited by Elizabeth Gibson-Morgan.

Publisher:

University of Wales Press,

Copyright Date:

2021

Description:

xvii, 276 pages ; 23 cm.

Subject:

Rule of law.
Common law.
Civil law.
Comparative law.
Civil law.
Common law.
Comparative law.
Rule of law.

Other Authors:

Gibson-Morgan, Elizabeth, editor.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-263) and index.

Contents:

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Series Preface -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes on the Contributors -- Introduction:Judges' Common Threats andChallenges -- PART I: Judicial Independence -- 1.Reflections on Judges in Civil Law andCommon Law Countries -- 2. 'A Customary Scale of Punishment':Judicial Sentencing in England and Wales -- 3. National Perceptions of Judges andLawyers in Common Law and Civil LawCountries -- 4. Judicial Independence in SpainAna María Neira Pena and David Soto Díaz -- PART II: Judicial Diversity
5. Diversity and Judicial Independencein Denmark -- 6. Diversity and Judicial Independence inQuebec and Canada -- PART III: Access to Justice -- 7. Judging Access to Justice: The Case ofthe United Kingdom and France -- 8. Demystifying the Laws and the Work ofJudges in Wales -- PART IV: Judicial Training Reform -- 9. The Status and Influence of Judges ofFrance and of Common Law Jurisdictions:Recruitment, Training and Reform -- 10. The Declaration of Judicial TrainingPrinciples: Judicial Training 'as Part ofthe Judicial Role' -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Back cover

Series:

International law

ISBN:

1786837463
9781786837462

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1247942078

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)