The judge in a democracy / Aharon Barak.

Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 2006.

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Judicial process.

Judges.

Courts -- Israel.

Jurisprudence.

Part 1: The role of the judge

1. Bridging the gap between law and society

2. Protecting the constitution and democracy

Part 2: The means of realizing the judicial role

3. Preconditions for realizing the judicial role

4. The meaning of means

5. Interpretation

6. The development of the common law

7. Balancing and weighing

8. Non-justiciability, or "political questions"

9. Standing

10. Comparative law

11. The judgment

Part 3: The relationship between the court and the other branches of the state

12. Tension among the branches

13. The relationship between the judiciary and the legislature

14. The relationship between the judiciary and the executive

Part 4: Evaluation of the role of a judge in a democracy

15. Activism and self-restraint

16. The judicial role and the problem of terrorism

17. The role of the judge: theory, practice, and the future.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

069112017X

xxi, 332 p.