Judicial ethics / edited by Keith Swisher, Arizona Summit Law School, USA.

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Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
London : Routledge, 2017.
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viii, 552 pages ; 26 cm

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    The library of essays on legal ethics and the enforcement of law
    Summary note
    "Judicial ethics is a surprisingly underexplored area and this volume marks an important point in this relatively new but commendably growing field of studies. The areas covered range from the metaethics of decision and how this impacts the judiciary to the ethical evaluation of the substance and procedure of a decision and codes of judicial conduct. Addressing each of these meanings and more, this collection brings together for the first time many, if not most, of the 'canons' (or soon-to-be 'canons') of modern judicial ethics scholarship. The previously published articles have created new interdisciplinary, historical, cultural and doctrinal understandings of judicial character, conduct, regulation and development ..."-- Provided by publisher.
    Bibliographic references
    Includes bibliographical references and index.
    Contents
    • Virtue jurisprudence : a virtue-centered theory of judging / Lawrence B. Solum
    • The dimensions of judicial impartiality / Charles Gardner Geyh
    • What do we mean by "judicial independence"? / Stephen B. Burbank
    • Judicial discipline and judicial independence / Steven Lubet
    • The delicate dichotomies of judicial ethics / Howard T. Markey
    • Judicial ethics / Jeffrey M. Shaman
    • Judicial recusal : principles, process, and problems (p.3-14) / R. Grant Hammond
    • Appearance of impropriety : deciding when a judge's impartiality "might reasonably be questioned" / Leslie W. Abramson
    • In pursuit of actual justice / Sarah M.R. Cravens
    • Supreme Court recusal from Marbury to the modern day / James Sample
    • Judicial impartiality in the Supreme Court : the troubling case of Justice Stephen Breyer / Monroe H. Freedman
    • Socioeconomic basis in the judiciary / Michele Benedetto
    • Judicial ethics : the less-often asked questions / Andrew L. Kaufman
    • Judicial ethics and private lives / Steven Lubet
    • Unoriginal sin : the problem of judicial plagiarism / Douglas R. Richmond
    • The real issues of judicial ethics / Alex Kozinski
    • A grand slam of professional irresponsibility and judicial disregard / Stephen A. Saltzburg.
    ISBN
    • 9781472443366
    • 1472443365
    LCCN
    2016015796
    OCLC
    965127524
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