Judicial Deliberations: A Comparative Analysis of Judicial Transparency and Legitimacy

by Mitchel de S.-O.-l'E. Lasser

Overview

This book compares how and why the European Court of Justice, the French Cour de cassation and the United States Supreme Court offer different approaches for generating judicial accountability and control, judicial debate and deliberation, and ultimately judicial legitimacy.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199274123
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	01/06/2005
Series:	Oxford Studies in European Law
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	9.21(w) x 6.14(h) x 0.88(d)

About the Author

Mitchel de S.-O.-l'E. Lasser is Professor of Law at Cornell Law School.

Table of Contents

1. IntroductionPART I: The Three Courts - Raw Analysis2. The French Bifurcation3. The American Unification4. The European Union: Discursive Bifurcation RevisitedPART II: Bifurcation5. Similarity and Difference6. France: How is the discursive bifurcation maintained? 7. The ECJ: The French bifurcation reworkedPART III: Comparison8. The Sliding Scales9. Apples and Oranges10. On Judicial Transparency, Control, and Accountability11. On Judicial Debate, Deliberation, and Legitimacy12. Concluding PostscriptBibliography