Chapter One.General Introduction 1
PART Ⅰ - THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE INDEPENDENCE OF THE JUDICIARY 17
Chapter Two.Creating a Culture of Judicial Independence: The Practical Challenge and the Conceptual and Constitutional Infrastructure&Shimon Shetreet 17
Chapter Three.The Failure of Institutions: The South African Judicial Service Commission and the Hlophe Saga&Christopher Forsyth 69
Chapter Four.Independence of the Judiciary: The European Perspective&Marcel Storme 85
Chapter Five.A Fresh Start: The Four Pillars of Civil Justice&Neil Andrews 97
PART Ⅱ - THE JUDICIARY AND THE OTHER BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT 113
Chapter Six.Judicial Independence and the Rule of Law: Exploring the European Experience&Carlo Guarnieri and Daniela Piana 113
Chapter Seven.The Rule of Law vs.the Rule of Judges: A Brandeisian Solution&Stephen Goldstein 125
Chapter Eight.The Threats to Judicial Independence: Experiences from the Commonwealth&Cyrus Das 139
Chapter Nine.Corruption and Judicial Independence&Hiram E.Chodosh 153
Chapter Ten.Judicial Independence in the Face of Violence&Wayne McCormack 169
Chapter Eleven.Judicial Independence and Judicial Hubris&Maimon Schwarzschild 177
PART Ⅲ - JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW AND NATIONAL LAW 189
Chapter Twelve.The Independence and Impartiality of the ‘International Judiciary'&James Crawford and Joe McIntyre 189
Chapter Thirteen.The Independence of International Judges in National Courts: Lessons from Bosnia Herzegovina&David Feldman 215
Chapter Fourteen.The Impact of the ECHR Jurisprudence on the Austrian Practice in the Field of Judicial Independence&Walter Rechberger 231
Chapter Fifteen.The Independence of International Arbitrators&H.E.Markus Buechel 243
Chapter Sixteen.Judicial Independence as an Indicator of International Court Effectiveness: A Goal-Based Approach&Yuval Shany 251
Chapter Seventeen.Separation of Powers and the International Judiciary - A Vision of Institutional Judicial Independence in International Law&Michael Bohlander 269
PART Ⅳ - JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT, JUDICIAL CONDUCT AND JUDICIAL ACCOUNTABILITY 283
Chapter Eighteen.The Supreme Court of Canada Appointment Process: Chronology, Context and Reform&Irwin Cotler 283
Chapter Nineteen.The System of Judicial Appointment in Poland - A Question of the Legitimacy of the Judicial Power&Fryderyk Zoll 301
Chapter Twenty.Courts and the Media: Opening New Doors: Current Aspects of Court - Media Interaction in Israel&Eliezer Rivlin 311
Chapter Twenty One.Independence and Judicial Discipline: The Italian Code of Judicial Conduct&Daniela Cavallini 329
Chapter Twenty Two.The Age of Judicial Responsibility: The Retirement and Resignation of Appellate Court Judges&Sir Louis Blom-Cooper QC 339
Chapter Twenty Three.Standards of Judicial Behaviour and the Impact of Codes of Conduct&Anton Cooray 349
PART Ⅴ - COUNTRY STUDIES OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE 361
Chapter Twenty Four.Judicial Independence: The British Experience&Neil Andrews 361
Chapter Twenty Five.A Recent Challenge to Judicial Independence in Sri Lanka: The Issue of the Constitutional Council&Chandra R.de Silva 373
Chapter Twenty Six.Challenges of Judicial Independence-An Australian Perspective&H.P.Lee 387
Chapter Twenty Seven.Shrinking Legal Aid, Unrepresented Litigants and Judicial Independence&Avrom Sherr 401
Chapter Twenty Eight.The Northern Irish Judiciary in Times of Crisis: The Diplock Courts&Sophie Turenne 413
Chapter Twenty Nine.The Challenge of Judicial Independence and the Experience of Pakistan&Mr.Justice Tassaduq Hussain Jillani 425
Chapter Thirty.The Relevance for Brazil of International Standards of Judicial Independence&Ada Pellegrini Grinover 443
Chapter Thirty One.The Role of Law in Society in Developing Countries&Chandra R.de Silva 451
Chapter Thirty Two.The Supreme Court and Supremacy of the Judiciary in India&K.K.Venugopal 463
PART Ⅵ - INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS IN THE MAKING 475
Chapter Thirty Three.The Mt.Scopus International Standards of Judicial Independence: The Innovative Concepts and the Formulation of a Consensus in a Legal Culture of Diversity&Shimon Shetreet 475
PART Ⅶ - TEXT OF THE INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS OF JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE 501
Appendix Ⅰ - Mount Scopus International Standards of Judicial Independence(2008) 501
Appendix Ⅱ - Draft Standards of the Mt.Scopus standards of Judicial Independence 521
Appendix Ⅲ - IBA Code of Minimum Standards of Judicial Independence (1982) 551
Appendix Ⅳ - UN Basic Principles on the Independence of the Judiciary (1985) 557
Appendix Ⅴ - Commonwealth (Latimer House) Principles on the Three Branches of Government (2003) 561
Appendix Ⅵ - Tokyo Principles of the Independence of the Judiciary in the LAWASIA region (1982) 575
Appendix Ⅶ - Universal Declaration on the Independence of Justice (Montreal 1983) 579
Appendix Ⅷ - Bangalore Principles of Judicial Independence(2006) 595
Appendix Ⅸ - Kiev Recommendations on Judicial Independence(2010) 605
Index 631