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Towering Judges: A Comparative Study of Constitutional Judges

Towering Judges: A Comparative Study of Constitutional Judges

Name: Towering Judges: A Comparative Study of Constitutional Judges
Brand: Cambridge University Press
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Author: Rehan Abeyratne; Iddo Porat
ISBN: 9781108794145

Edited by Rehan Abeyratne · Iddo Porat

Cambridge University Press September 2022

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ISBN-13: 9781108794145
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: September 2022
Format: Paperback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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In Towering Judges: A Comparative Study of Constitutional Judges, Rehan Abeyratne and Iddo Porat lead an exploration of a new topic in comparative constitutional law: towering judges. The volume examines the work of nineteen judges from fourteen jurisdictions, each of whom stood out individually among their fellow judges and had a unique impact on the trajectory of constitutional law. The chapters ask: what makes a towering judge; what are the background conditions that foster or deter the rise of towering judges; are towering judges, on balance, positive or detrimental for constitutional systems; how do towering judges differ from one jurisdiction to another; how do political and historical developments relate to this phenomenon; and how does all of this fit within global constitutionalism? The answers to these questions offer important insight into how these judges were able to shine to an uncommon degree in a profession where individualism is not always looked on favourably.

Introduction

Rehan Abeyratne and Iddo Porat

1. Towering judges and global constitutionalism

Iddo Porat

2. The landscapes that towering judges tower over

Mark Tushnet

3. Sir Anthony Mason: towering over the high court of Australia

Gabrielle Appleby and Andrew Lynch

4. Canada's most towering judge of all

5. Lady Hale: a feminist towering judge

Rosemary Hunter and Erika Rackley

6. Hugh Kennedy: Ireland's (quietly) towering nation-maker

Tom Daly

7. Judicial rhetoric of a liberal policy: Hong Kong, 1997–2012

C.L. Lim

8. Judicial minimalism as towering: Singapore's chief justice Chan Sek Keong

Jaclyn L Neo and Kevin Y. L. Tan

9. Nepal's most towering judge: the honourable Kalyan Shrestha

Mara Malagodi

10. Barak's legal revolutions and what remains of them: authoritarian abuse of the judiciary-empowerment revolution in Israel

Alon Harel

11. P.N. Bhagwati and the transformation of India's judiciary

Rehan Abeyratne

12. Justice Cepeda's institution-building on the Colombian constitutional court: a fusion of the political and the legal

David Landau

13. A towering but modest judicial figure: the case of Arthur Chaskalson

Dennis M Davis

14. Chief justice Sólyom and the paradox of 'revolution under the rule of law'

Gábor Attila Tóth

15. The socialist model of individual judicial powers

Bui Ngoc Son

16. The civil law tradition, the Pinochet constitution, and judge

Eugenio Valenzuela Sergio Verdugo

17. Towering versus collegial judges: a comparative reflection

Rosalind Dixon

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