Appointing judges in an age of judicial power: critical perspectives from around the world

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Foreword Preface Introduction KATE MALLESON PART ONE: APPOINTING JUDGES IN ESTABLISHED DEMOCRACIES * The Scottish Judicial Appointments Board: New Wine in Old Bottles? ALAN PATERSON * The New Judicial Appointments Commission in England and Wales: New Wine in New Bottles? KATE MALLESON * Judicial Appointments in Post-Charter Canada: A System in Transition F.L. MORTON * Legal Controversies over Federal Judicial Selection in the United States: Breaking the Cycle of Obstruction and Retribution over Judicial Appointments MICHAEL C. TOLLEY * Judicial Appointments in New Zealand: If it were done when 'tis done, then 'twere well it were done openly and directly JAMES ALLAN * 'The judicial whisper goes around': Appointment of Judicial Officers in Australia ELIZABETH HANDSLEY * Merit Selection and Diversity in the Dutch Judiciary LENY E. DE GROOT-VAN LEEUWEN * Judicial Selection in Italy: A Civil Service Model with Partisan Results MARY L. VOLCANSEK * The Selection of Judges in France: Searching for a New Legitimacy DORIS MARIE PROVINE and ANTOINE GARAPON * The Selection Process of Constitutional Court Judges in Germany CHRISTINE LANDFRIED PART TWO: APPOINTING THE JUDGES OF INTERNATIONAL COURTS * Judicial Selection for International Courts: Towards Common Principles and Practices RUTH MACKENZIE and PHILLIPE SANDS PART THREE: APPOINTING JUDGES IN NEW DEMOCRACIES AND TRANSITIONAL STATES * Judicial Appointments and Promotions in Israel: Constitution, Law and Politics ELI M. SALZBERGER * The Politics of Judicial Selection in Egypt MAHMOUD M. HAMAD * Judicial Selection in Post-Apartheid South Africa FRANCOIS DU BOIS * A Judiciary in Transition: Reflections on the Selection of Judges in Namibia SUFIAN HEMED BUKURURA * Creating a Compliant Judiciary in Zimbabwe, 2000-2003 DEREK MATYSZAK * The Politics of Judicial Selection and Appointments in Japan and Ten South and Southeast Asian Countries DAVID M. O'BRIEN * Judicial Selection in Russia: Towards Accountability and Centralization ALEXEI TROCHEV * Improving the Quality of the Judiciary in China: Recent Reforms to the Procedures for Appointing, Promoting, and Discharging Judges COLIN HAWES Conclusion PETER H. RUSSELL Table of Cases Bibliography Contributors

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