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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 June 2012
      20 February 2012
      ISBN:
      9781139083614
      9781107017269
      9781107662766
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139083614
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.64kg, 328 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      0.52kg, 328 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Law, History, Jurisprudence, History of Ideas and Intellectual History
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    Any effort to understand how law works has to take seriously its main players – judges. Like any performance, judging should be evaluated by reference to those who are its best exponents. Not surprisingly, the debate about what makes a 'great judge' is as heated and inconclusive as the debate about the purpose and nature of law itself. History shows that those who are candidates for a judicial hall of fame are game changers who oblige us to rethink what it is to be a good judge. So the best of judges must tread a thin line between modesty and hubris; they must be neither mere umpires nor demigods. The eight judges showcased in this book demonstrate that, if the test of good judging is not about getting it right, but doing it well, then the measure of great judging is about setting new standards for what counts as judging well.

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    'A fascinating book, as much about the nature of greatness as about what makes for a great judge. Maverick and stubborn, greatness seems to lie also in the ability to make the innovative and previously unforeseen solutions seem absolute common sense. A persuasive account of eight great judges, providing food for thought about their legacies.'

    Rebecca Huxley-Binns Source: The Times Higher Education Supplement

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