"The occasional flashes of insight and the unique perspectives of
the participants make this book invaluable for students doing
research on the judicial process."--"CHOICE"
"Fascinating, spirited, and unique. This unusual book offers
fresh illumination about what judges do and why they do it."
--Cass R. Sunstein, University of Chicago
"The format suggests that one has been invited into a special,
high-level conversation where we can glimpse the uncensored
converstation of thoughtful and seasoned jurists."--"The Law and
Politics Book Review"
Law, politics, and society in the modern West have been marked
by the increasing power of the judge: the development of
constitutional justice, the evolution of international judiciaries,
and judicial systems that extend even further into social life.
Judges make decisions that not only enforce the law, but also
codify the values of our times.
In the summer of 2000, an esteemed group of judges and legal
scholars met in Provence, France, to consider the role of the judge
in modern society. They included Robert Badinter, former president
of the Constitutional Council in France; Stephen Breyer, Justice of
the Supreme Court of the United States; Antonio Cassese, the first
president of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former
Yugoslavia; Dieter Grimm, former vice president of the
Constitutional Court of Germany; Gil Carlos Rodriguez, president of
the Court of Justice of the European Union; and Ronald Dworkin,
formerly of Oxford University, now professor of philosophy and law
at the New York University Law School. What followed was an
animated discussion ranging from the influence of the media on the
judiciary to the development ofan international criminal law to the
judge's consideration of the judge's own role. Judges in
Contemporary Democracy offers a rare and intimate glimpse into the
powers and the role of judges in today's society.
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