The Courts and the People: Friend or Foe? : The Putney Debates 2019 (Hardcover)

Introduction Denis Galligan, University of Oxford Part I: The Case for Judicial Independence 1. The Case for Judicial Independence in an Age of Populism Robert J Sharpe, University of Toronto 2. The European Court of Justice in the Brexit Debate Catherine Barnard, University of Cambridge 3. Judical Review - The American Experience John W. Adams, Rutgers University 4. Courts as Friends: A Slightly Sceptical View Denis Galligan, University of Oxford Part II: Is Judicial Independence Under Threat? 5. The Judicialisation of Politics and Threats to Judicial Independence: When Should We Cry Wolf? Ezequiel Gonzalez-Ocantos, University of Oxford 6. Under Pressure: Who Will Protect the Courts from Political Inferences? Katarina Sipulova, Masaryk University, Czech Republic 7. Self-Fulfilling Prophecies: 'Populism' and 'Judicial Independence' in Europe Bogdan Iancu, University of Bucharest 8. Judicial Independence Revisited Daniel Smilov, Sofia University 9. Judicial Independence: the View from Israel Amir Paz-Fuchs, University of Sussex Part III: How Can Judicial Independence be Defended and Protected? 10. Judicial Independence and Perceptions of Legitimacy Nick Friedman, University of Oxford 11. Judicial Independence and Popular Sovereignty: Squaring the Circle of Legitimacy Daniel Butt, University of Oxford 12. From Mystery to Transparency: How Judges Promote Public Understanding of the Rule of Law Paul Magrath, Incorporated Council of Law Reporting 13. Lawyers, Lord Chancellors and Some Common Mistakes about Judicial Independence Graham Gee, University of Sheffield