Yoav Dotan

Lawyering for the Rule of Law

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

A study of the relationship between judicial activism and government lawyers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 228
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 489g
• ISBN-13: 9781107038998
• ISBN-10: 1107038995
• Artikelnr.: 40189351

Autorenporträt

Yoav Dotan is Edwin A. Goodman Professor of Law and former Dean of the Faculty of Law at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the government's lawyer
1. The Israeli legal system and the rise of judicial activism in the High Court of Justice
2. The High Court of Justice Department (HCJD) and the model of lawyering for the rule of law
3. Litigating for the government
4. The dilemma of two masters
5. Sorting things out: government lawyers in transformative litigation
6. The government lawyer as adjudicator: 'pre-petitions' and the HCJD
Conclusion.

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Introduction: the government's lawyer; 1. The Israeli legal system and the rise of judicial activism in the High Court of Justice; 2. The High Court of Justice Department (HCJD) and the model of lawyering for the rule of law; 3. Litigating for the government; 4. The dilemma of two masters; 5. Sorting things out: government lawyers in transformative litigation; 6. The government lawyer as adjudicator: 'pre-petitions' and the HCJD; Conclusion.