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Record Nr.

UNINA9910484882703321

Autore

Graver Hans Petter

Titolo

Judges Against Justice : On Judges When the Rule of Law is Under Attack / / by Hans Petter Graver

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin, Heidelberg : , : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2015

ISBN

3-662-44293-0

Edizione

[1st ed. 2015.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Disciplina

340

340.1

345

Soggetti

Law—Philosophy

Law

International criminal law

Fundamentals of Law

Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History

International Criminal Law

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

The Judicial Role and the Rule of Law -- Part One: The War of Law: State Repression and the Rule of Law -- Repression of the Judiciary -- Judicial Acceptance of Oppression -- The Opposition -- Part Two: Holding Judges Responsible for Injustice: The Argument for Criminal Liability -- The Condition of Illegality under International Law -- The condition of Illegality and Failed Usurpations -- The Condition of Illegality in Transitional Settings -- Judges in Special Courts -- Justification of Judicial Oppression -- A Special Immunity for Judges? -- Holding Judges Responsible -- Part Three: The Moral Side of Judging: The Positivism Thesis -- What Positivism? -- Alternative approaches to Legal Interpretation -- Beyond Legal Theory as Explanation -- The Lesser Evil -- Judges for Justice.

Sommario/riassunto

This book explores concrete situations in which judges are faced with a legislature and an executive that consciously and systematically discard the ideals of the rule of law. It revolves around three basic questions:



What happens when states become oppressive and the judiciary contributes to the oppression? How can we, from a legal point of view, evaluate the actions of judges who contribute to oppression? And, thirdly, how can we understand their participation from a moral point of view and support their inclination to resist?