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Tables of Contents for The Power of Judges
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Tables and Text-Figures
ix
Introduction
1
1
The social and political significance of the judiciary
1
3
The rise of the political judge
4
9
How to guard the guardians
13
1
Comparative and empirical analysis: general trends and peculiar cases
13
5
Judges: Status, Career, and Activism
18
60
The status of judges
18
48
Recruitment and training
18
27
Organizational structure
45
21
Bureaucratic and professional judiciaries
66
2
Judicial role
68
8
Conclusions
76
2
The Judicial System
78
72
The structure of the judiciary
78
20
Access to courts
98
22
General conditions influencing access
98
10
Public prosecution
108
12
The powers of the judge
120
27
The trial structure
120
14
Judicial review of legislation
134
13
Conclusions
147
3
The Political System
150
35
Judicial power and democracy: an inevitable tension
150
10
The roots of judicial power...
160
8
...and its expansion in contemporary democracies
168
14
Conclusions
182
3
Conclusion: Judicial Power: Threat or Key to Democracy?
185
12
The rise of the political judge in democracies
186
2
The dangers of judicial power in Europe
188
3
How to reconcile judicial power and democracy
191
6
References
197
24
Index
221