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• Judicial independence and accountability: core values in liberal democracies / Shimon Shetreet
• Appointment, discipline and removal of judges in Australia / H.P. Lee
• Appointment, discipline and removal of judges in Canada / Martin Friedland
• Appointment, discipline and removal of judges in New Zealand / Philip Joseph
• Appointment, discipline and removal of judges in South Africa / Hugh Corder
• Appointment, discipline and removal of judges : fundamental reforms in the United Kingdom / Kate Malleson
• Judicial selection, removal and discipline in the United States / Mark Tushnet
• Judges' freedom of speech: Australia / John Williams
• Judges and free speech in Canada / Kent Roach
• Judges and free speech in New Zealand / Grant Hammond
• The judiciary and freedom of speech in South Africa / Iain Currie
• Judges and free speech in the United Kingdom / Keith Ewing
• The criticism and speech of judges in the United States / Charles Gardner Geyh
• Judges, bias and recusal in Australia / Colin Campbell
• Judges, bias and recusal in Canada / Lorne Soissin
• Judicial recusal in New Zealand / Gerard McCoy
• Judges, bias and recusal in South Africa / Kate O'Regan, Edwin Cameron
• Judges, bias and recusal in the United Kingdom / Christopher Forsyth
• Bias, the appearance of bias, and judicial disqualification in the United States / W.W. Hodes
• Judges and non-judicial functions in Australia / Patrick Emerton, H.P. Lee
• The impact of extra-judicial service on the Canadian judiciary: the need for reform / Patrick Monahan, Byron Shaw
• Judges and the non-judicial function in New Zealand / Sir Geoffrey Palmer
• Judges and non-judicial functions in South Africa / Cora Hoexter
• Judges and non-judicial functions in the United Kingdom / Abimbola Olowofoyeku
• Judges and non-judicial functions in the United States / Jeffrey M. Shaman
• The judiciary : a comparative conspectus / H.P. Lee.

An independent and impartial judiciary is fundamental to the existence and operation of a liberal democracy. Focussing on Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States, this comparative 2011 study explores four major issues affecting the judicial institution. These issues relate to the appointment and discipline of judges; judges and freedom of speech; the performance of non-judicial functions by judges; and judicial bias and recusal, and each is set within the context of the importance of maintaining public confidence in the judiciary. The essays highlight important episodes or controversies affecting members of the judiciary to illustrate relevant principles.
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• Part I:
• 1. Judicial independence and accountability: core values in liberal democracies Shimon Shetreet-- Part II:
• 2. Appointment, discipline and removal of judges in Australia H. P. Lee--
• 3. Appointment, discipline and removal of judges in Canada Martin Friedland--
• 4. Appointment, discipline and removal of judges in New Zealand Philip Joseph--
• 5. Appointment, discipline and removal of judges in South Africa Hugh Corder--
• 6. Appointment, discipline and removal of judges - fundamental reforms in the United Kingdom Kate Malleson--
• 7. Judicial selection, removal and discipline in the United States Mark Tushnet-- Part III:
• 8. Judges' freedom of speech: Australia John Williams--
• 9. Judges and free speech in Canada Kent Roach--
• 10. Judges and free speech in New Zealand The Hon. Grant Hammond--
• 11. The judiciary and freedom of speech in South Africa Iain Currie--
• 12. Judges and free speech in the United Kingdom Keith Ewing--
• 13. The criticism and speech of judges in the United States Charles Gardner Geyh-- Part IV:
• 14. Judges, bias and recusal in Australia Colin Campbell--
• 15. Judges, bias and recusal in Canada Lorne Soissin--
• 16. Judicial recusal in New Zealand Gerard McCoy--
• 17. Judges, bias and recusal in South Africa The Hon. Kate O'Regan and The Hon. Edwin Cameron--
• 18. Judges, bias and recusal in the United Kingdom Christopher Forsyth--
• 19. Bias, the appearance of bias, and judicial disqualification in the United States W. W. Hodes-- Part V:
• 20. Judges and non-judicial functions in Australia Patrick Emerton and H. P. Lee--
• 21. The impact of extra-judicial service on the Canadian judiciary: the need for reform Patrick Monahan and Byron Shaw--
• 22. Judges and the non-judicial function in New Zealand Sir Geoffrey Palmer--
• 23. Judges and non-judicial functions in South Africa Cora Hoexter--
• 24. Judges and non-judicial functions in the United Kingdom Abimbola Olowofoyeku--
• 25. Judges and non-judicial functions in the United States Jeffrey M. Shaman-- Part VI:
• 26. The judiciary - a comparative conspectus H. P. Lee.
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An independent and impartial judiciary is fundamental to the existence and operation of a liberal democracy. Focussing on Australia, Canada, New Zealand, South Africa, the United Kingdom and the United States, this comparative 2011 study explores four major issues affecting the judicial institution. These issues relate to the appointment and discipline of judges; judges and freedom of speech; the performance of non-judicial functions by judges; and judicial bias and recusal, and each is set within the context of the importance of maintaining public confidence in the judiciary. The essays highlight important episodes or controversies affecting members of the judiciary to illustrate relevant principles.
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• Laying the foundation, 1807-1835
• The long journey from Louisville to Washington, 1835-1857
• Serving Buchanan, serving the nation, 1857-1860
• Standing for the Union, 1861-1862
• Lincoln's Judge Advocate General, September 3, 1862-April 14, 1865
• Assassination and its aftermath, April 14, 1865-April 3, 1866
• Fighting the tide, April 1866-December 1868
• The Grant years, retirement, and beyond, January 1869-August 1894.

Joseph Holt, the stern, brilliant, and deeply committed Unionist from Kentucky, spent the first several months of the American Civil War successfully laboring to maintain Kentucky's loyalty to the Union and then went on to serve as President Lincoln's judge advocate general. In "Lincoln's Forgotten Ally, " Elizabeth Leonard offers the first full-scale biography of Holt, who has long been overlooked and misunderstood by historians and students of the war. In his capacity as the administration's chief arbiter and enforcer of military law, Holt strove tenaciously, often against strong resistance, to implement Lincoln's wartime policies, including emancipation. After Lincoln's assassination, Holt accepted responsibility for pursuing and bringing to justice everyone involved in John Wilkes Booth's conspiracy. It was because of this role, in which he is often portrayed as a brutal prosecutor, and because of his hard position toward the South, Leonard contends, that Holt's reputation suffered. Leonard argues, however, that Holt should not be defined by what Southern sympathizers and proponents of the Lost Cause came to think of him. "Lincoln's Forgotten Ally" seeks to restore Holt, who dedicated both his energy and his influence to ensuring that the Federal victory would bring about lasting positive change for the nation, to his rightful place in American memory.
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• Joseph Holt : Judge Advocate General, 1862-1875
• The literature and law of courts-martial and commissions in the Army of the early Republic and Civil War
• Opening salvoes : the military trials of Fitz-John Porter, Don Carlos Buell, and Clement Vallandigham
• Ancestry, education, ideology, and the experience of combat : the judge advocates of the class of 1862
• Generals and judge advocates : relationships between command and the law
• Judge advocates in the field : courts martial, commissions, and other duties
• Developing, enforcing, and prosecuting the laws of war
• The military law on colored soldiers and citizens, and guerillas
• Political activity : the Judge Advocate General's Department and the election of 1864
• Trial of a conspiracy, and the impeachment of a president

In this collection of deeply felt poems, James Clarke challenges his conscience as he examines his decades-long experience as a judge, exploring what it means to sit in judgement of people, and what attaining such a position entails. These are poems that will resonate with anyone who cares about fairness, truth, power, and freedom because Clarke allows us to peek under Madame Justice's blindfold, giving us a rare glimpse of her concerned, but very human face.".
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• 1. Introduction
• 2. Images of Judges
• 3 Where Do English and Welsh Judges Come From?
• 4. The First Step on the Ladder: Becoming a Part-time Judge
• 5. Becoming Her Majesty's Judge
• 6. Training
• 7. Judges'Working Personality
• 8. Criminal Business: District Judges in the Magistrates' Court
• 9. Criminal Business: Circuit Judges in the Crown Court
• 10. Judges and Juries
• 11. Civil Business in the County Court
• 12. Family Judges: The Patience of Job and the Judgment of Solomon
• 13. High Court Business
• 14. The Court of Appeal
• 15. Brenda and the Law Lords Transform into the Supremes
• 16. Judges on Judges
• 17. Tools of the Trade
• 18. The World of Judges from 2011.
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The public image of judges has been stuck in a time warp; they are invariably depicted in the media - and derided in public bars up and down the country - as 'privately educated Oxbridge types', usually 'out-of-touch', and more often than not as 'old men'. These and other stereotypes - the judge as a pervert, the judge as a right-wing monster - have dogged the judiciary long since any of them ceased to have any basis in fact. Indeed the limited research that was permitted in the 1960s and 1970s tended to reinforce several of these stereotypes. Moreover, occasional high profile incidents in the courts, elaborated with the help of satirists such as 'Private Eye' and 'Monty Python', have ensured that the 'old white Tory judge' caricature not only survives but has come to be viewed as incontestable. Since the late 1980s the judiciary has changed, largely as a result of the introduction of training and new and more transparent methods of recruitment and appointment. But how much has it changed, and what are the courts like after decades of judicial reform? Given unprecedented access to the whole range of courts - from magistrates' courts to the Supreme Court - Penny Darbyshire spent seven years researching the judges, accompanying them in their daily work, listening to their conversations, observing their handling of cases and the people who come before them, and asking them frank and searching questions about their lives, careers and ambitions. What emerges is without doubt the most revealing and compelling picture of the modern judiciary in England and Wales ever seen. From it we learn that not only do the old stereotypes not hold, but that modern 'baby boomer' judges are more representative of the people they serve and that the reforms are working. But this new book also gives an unvarnished glimpse of the modern courtroom which shows a legal system under stress, lacking resources but facing an ever-increasing caseload. This book will be essential reading for anyone wishing to know about the experience of modern judging, the education, training and professional lives of judges, and the current state of the courts and judiciary in England and Wales.
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