Robert Sharpe

Good Judgment

Making Judicial Decisions

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The central theme of the book is an explanation and reconciliation of two fundamental features of judging: the law leaves room for judicial choice but the law also imposes discipline on those choices.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. August 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 25mm
• Gewicht: 517g
• ISBN-13: 9781487522438
• ISBN-10: 1487522436
• Artikelnr.: 52422263

Autorenporträt

By Robert J. Sharpe

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction
2. A Judge’s Work
3. Is the Law Uncertain?
4. Do Judges Make Law?
5. Rules, Principles and Policies
6. Disciplined Judicial Decision-Making
7. Working with Precedent
8. Authority: What Counts?
9. Judicial Decision Making: A Case Study
10. Standard of Review and Discretion
11. Role of the Judge in a Constitutional Democracy
12. A Judicial State of Mind