1st Edition

Judicial Politics and Policy-making in Western Europe

Edited By Mary L. Volcansek Copyright 1992
    170 Pages
    by Routledge

    170 Pages
    by Routledge

    Focusing on the intersection of politics and law in six western European countries and in two supra-national bodies, the contributors here aim to debunk the myth that judges are merely "la bouche de la loi" and analyze similiarities in policy-making of the judiciaries from one nation to the next.

    Chapter 1 Judges, Courts and Policy-Making in Western Europe, Mary L. Volcansek; Chapter 2 Judicial Politics in Britain: Patrolling the Boundaries, Gavin Drewry; Chapter 3 Where Judicial Politics Are Legislative Politics: The French Constitutional Council, Alec Stone; Chapter 4 Judicial Policy-Making in Germany: The Federal Constitutional Court, Christine Landfried; Chapter 5 Judicial Policy-Making in Italy: The Constitutional Court, Maria Elisabetta De Franciscis, Rosella Zannini; Chapter 6 Judicial Policy-Making in the Netherlands: The Case-by-Case Method, Peter J. Van Koppen; Chapter 7 Judicial Politics in Belgium, Ivan Verougstraete; Chapter 8 The European Court of Justice: Supranational Policy-Making, Mary L. Volcansek; Chapter 9 The Court of Justice of the European Community and the Politics of Institutional Reform, André Bzdera; Chapter 10 Judicial Policy-Making and the Evolving Protection of Human Rights: The European Court of Human Rights in Comparative Perspective, John F. Stack;

    Biography

    Mary L. Volcansek