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Abstract

Judicial independence is increasingly under threat. The rise of populism risks undermining the separation of powers, with some politicians, media outlets and members of the public taking aim at judges, labelling them as part of the establishment and the elite, the ‘enemies of the people’. This volume seeks to situate these contemporary challenges to judicial independence in their proper legal, philosophical, political and historical contexts. It brings academic scholars from a variety of disciplines together with judges, politicians and legal professionals. It asks what core shared values of our legal and political systems judicial independence seeks to protect, and how threats to that independence can be protected against. What can we learn from comparative, historical, political, philosophical, and legal insights on the separation of powers, and what means can we discover to prevent against challenges to the independence of judges in times of crisis?

Publication Type:	Book Section
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Publisher Keywords:	Judicial independence, Rule of law, Judges, Human Rights, Criminal law, Populism, Media
Subjects:	J Political Science > JF Political institutions (General) J Political Science > JX International law K Law > K Law (General) K Law > KD England and Wales K Law > KD England and Wales > KDC Scotland K Law > KF United States Federal Law
Departments:	The City Law School The City Law School > Academic Programmes
SWORD Depositor:	Symplectic Administrator

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