Judges

Hildreth, Richard, (editor); John Lord Campbell: Atrocious Judges. Lives of Judges Infamous as Tools of Tyrants... 2006

Hildreth, Richard, Editor. [Campbell, Lord John]. Atrocious Judges: Lives of Judges Infamous as Tools of Tyrants and Instruments of Oppression. Compiled from the Judicial Biographies of John Lord Campbell. With an Appendix, Containing the Case of Passmore Williamson. Edited, with an Introduction. New York and Auburn: Miller, Orton & Mulligan, 1856. 432 pp. Reprinted 2006 by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd. ISBN-13: 9781584775409; ISBN-10: 1584775408. Hardcover. New. * Compiled in the midst of the American debates over the extension of slavery into the western territories, Hildreth's decidedly anti-expansionist views were beset by a fundamental historical dilemma. On the one hand "it was... by judicial, far more than by legislative institutions, that among those progenitors of ours private rights and public liberty were guarantied" (11). On the other, judges in England, and by inference those in the United States, were perfectly capable of restricting the expansion of liberty in service to "petty tyrants" be they Stuarts or American slaveholders. Drawing from Campbell's Lives of the Chief Justices and Lives of the Lord Chancellors, Hildreth highlights judges who served the interests of oppression, such as Roger Le Brabancon and Robert Wright. The appendix contains the case of Passmore Williamson, a famed Philadelphia abolitionist and member of the Underground Railroad, who was prosecuted under the 1850 Fugitive Slave Act. Hildreth [1807-1865] was the author of The Slave (1836), Despotism in America (1854) and other popular books on slavery, law and American history.

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Vijay Kumar Gupta Illustrator: NA: Decision Making in the Supreme Court of India: A Juremetric Study; Alternatives in Judicial Research, Kaveri Book 1995 ISBN: 9788174790064

New Hardcover 15 x 23 cm. This work offers a quantitative analysis of the Indian Supreme Court's Decision-making process adopting a methodology which is unorthodoxas well as innovative in the field of judicial research in India. It is unorthodox in the sense that it makes a complete departure from the mainstream writings of the common law traditions and shifts its focus from 'what the judges say in their opinions' to 'what do they do' by casting their votes in favour or against the parties involved in the controversies before them. The methodology is innovative to the extent that for the first time the individual judges' decision making behaviour has been subjected to a rigorous quantitative analysis in the overall institutional context. The book examines a whole range of factors which go as essential input into the Supreme Court's decision making process. Several assumptions relating to the appointment of judges in the court, the Chief Justice and his leadership role, the business environment, the structural arrangement of its decision-making function, the nature of agreement and disagreement among the judges on the decision making panels and the value orientation of judges have been subjected to close scrutiny with a view to provide an understanding of how the decision-makers in the apex court go about making decisions which are not only of great significance for the immediate parties involved but at times may have far reaching consequences for a large number of groups and sections of the Indian society. Contents:- Preface 1. Jurimetrics : A Note on Methodology I. THE DECISION MAKERS : 2. Appointment of the Chief Justice of India 3. Selection and Appointment of Judges II. INSTITUTIONAL ENVIRONMENT : 4. Business of the Court 5. Structure of Decision Making III. VOTING BEHAVIOUR : 6. Nature of Participation : Dissent, Concurrence and Unanimity 7. Attitudes and Value Orientations IV. Conclusion : 8. Conclusion Postscript Printed Pages: 229. First edition

[SW: Decision Making in the Supreme Court of India: A Juremetric Study; Alternatives in Judicial ResearchVijay Kumar Gupta9788174790064]

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George H. Gadbois, Jr Illustrator: NA: Judges of the Supreme Court of India: 1950-1989, Oxford University Press 2011 ISBN: 9780198070610

New Hardcover 14 x 21 cm. Despite the critical role played by the Supreme Court of India, the lives of the judges have never been studied before. This seminal book presents biographical essays for each of the first ninety-three judges who served on the Court from 1950 through mid-1989. The essays in the book are based on interviews the author conducted with sixty-four of the sixty-eight judges who were alive in the 1980s, and on meetings and correspondence with family members or relatives, friends, and associates of the deceased judges. An attempt is made to account for why certain judges rather than others were chosenaEUR"the selection criteria employed and, to the extent possible in a secretive selection environment, to identify those who selected them. It concludes with a collective portrait of these judges, paying particular attention to changes in their background characteristicsaEUR"fathersaEUR occupation, education, pre-SCI career, caste, religion, state of birth, and region, over four decades. The essays also embrace their post-retirement activities. Printed Pages: 456. First edition

[SW: Judges of the Supreme Court of India: 1950-1989George H. Gadbois, Jr9780198070610]

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B. Bhattacharya,K. Mahesh Illustrator: NA: Judging the Judges, Gyan Books Pvt. Ltd. 1999 ISBN: 9788121206068

New Hardcover 15 x 23 cm. This treatise by prominent Legal luminaries is intended to Review the performance of judges and the Justice Delivery system in India in recent times. A starting exposition of the acts of infringement on the perimeters of judicial system by extraneous powers is presented. In this book, the current hot topic of judicial activism is examined in the context of delivery of social justice. In a special article, V.N. Narayanan beautifully brings to light the contradiction between the judiciaries urge to restore its power and the urge (rather necessity) to exercise this power to deliver the goods A treatise intended to review the performance of judges in India in recent times. It presents, quite pertinently, a critical appraisal of the Indian judicial system-its perimeters and infringement upon it by powers extraneous to it. Special attention is paid to the constraints on the justice delivery system in India. Contents: EditorsaEUR Note List of Contributors 1. Judging the Judges 2. The Role of the Judiciary 3. A Judicial Imbroglio-A Resolvent Submission 4. Some Reflections on the Problems of the Indian Judiciary 5. Role of Judges 6. Law as Contempt of Justice 7. Appointment of Judges and Systematic Changes is Judicial System 8. Decentralisation of Judicial System and Reform of Judicial Procedural Needed to Curb Corruption otherwise leave it to Judicial Conscience 9. Challenges to the Judicial System 10. Influence of Media on Judges 11. Accountability of Judges 12. Independence of Judiciary and Judging the Judges 13. Criminal Justice System in India 14. Judicial Activism-How Wise, How Otherwise 15. The Judicial System in a Post-Colonial Democracy : The Indian Experience 16. Evolution of Concept of Social Justice and Judicial Activism 17. Politics of Justice 18. Assessing the Judiciary 19. Indian Judiciary : Some Personal Encounters 20. Reforming the Judiciary 21. Judicial Activism-New Dimensions of Police Accountability 22. Justice on Trial Printed Pages: 224. 5th or later edition

[SW: Judging the JudgesB. Bhattacharya, K. Mahesh9788121206068]

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