Judicial Activism An Interdisciplinary Approach to the American and European Experiences /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Coutinho, Luís Pereira (Editor), La Torre, Massimo (Editor), Smith, Steven D. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice, 44
• Subjects: Law.; Private international law.; Conflict of laws.; International law.; Comparative law.; Constitutional law.; Private International Law, International & Foreign Law, Comparative Law.; Constitutional Law.; European Law.

This volume offers different perspectives on judicial practice in the European and American contexts, both arguably characterized in the last decades by the emergence of novel normative and even policy arguments by judges. The central question deserving the attention of the contributors concerns the...