Examine the Controversy that Surrounds the Question of what Judges are doing when they are deciding Cases.
Title: Examine the Controversy that Surrounds the Question of what Judges are doing when they are deciding Cases.
Category: /Law & Government
Details: Words: 3520 | Pages: 13 (approximately 235 words/page)
Examine the Controversy that Surrounds the Question of what Judges are doing when they are deciding Cases.
Category: /Law & Government
Details: Words: 3520 | Pages: 13 (approximately 235 words/page)
If we accept the hypothesis, that judges do indeed make law through their decisions, we need to look closely at the judges themselves to decide whether they are capable of performing that function. Judges are not, in this country, elected, as are the other law-makers (the legislators). If judges had no law-making role, then the uncertainty over judicial decision making would not arise; it would not matter whether the judiciary was representative of the society …showed first 75 words of 3520 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 3520 total…Review 593, (1958)
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