Judicial activism in common law supreme courts / edited by Brice Dickson. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. - liv, 449 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Comparing supreme courts / Brice Dickson -- 'Restrained activism' in the High Court of Australia / Fiona Wheeler and John Williams -- Judic ial activism in the Supreme Court of Canada / Kent Roach -- The Supreme Court of India / Venkat Iyer -- The Supreme Court of Ireland / William Binchy -- Judicial activism in Israel / Eli Salzberger -- Judicial act ivism and New Zealand's appellate courts / Bruce Harris -- Judicial act ivism of a special type : South Africa's top courts since 1994 / Hugh C order -- Judicial activism in the House of Lords 1995-2007 / Brice Dick son -- The United States of America / Mark Tushnet.

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2007-035281


Political questions and judicial power.
Courts of last resort.
Appellate courts.
Judicial review.

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