Judicial activism : power without responsibility? / John Young ... [et al.] ; edited by Benjamin Kiely.

[Melbourne : School of Law, The University of Melbourne], c2006.

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Political questions and judicial power -- Congresses.

Judicial review -- Congresses.

Papers: The Pratt Foundation Lecture - judicial activism: a study in the abuse of power / Melanie Phillips

Judicial activism: power without responsibility? No, appropriate activism conforming to duty / Michael Kirby

Concern about judicial method / Michael Coper

The Sir John Young Oration - Mullahs of the West: judges as authoritative expositors of the natural law? / Antonin Scalia

The Sir Robert Southey Lecture - Judiical activism: power without responsibility? / Stephen Breyer

Limits to the powers of ultimate appellate courts / J Dyson Heydon

Judicial activism / Andrew Roberts

The Robert B Newman Occasional Lecture - The only lessons to be gained from it / Renata Adler.

Includes bibliographical references.

146 p. : ill. ; 21 cm