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If the Public Would Be Outraged by their Rulings Should Judges Care?

Report of the 2007 Annual Lecture in Law and Society, delivered by Cass Sunstein.

Report: Democracy, the Courts, and the Making of Public Policy

Report and critical analysis of the inaugural workshop in our 'Courts and the Making of Public Policy' programme

Democracy, the Courts and the Making of Public Policy

Quite where the boundaries of justifiable judicial social policymaking lie will depend on one’s own understanding of the nature and value of democracy.

Dishonest Corporatism and Judicial Review

What role could judicial review play in situations of dishonest corporatism?

Populism, Courts and the Rule of Law

The rise of populism in Eastern Europe has had a significant effect on the rule of law, and the reaction of the judiciary to the changing political environment has been...

The Conflict between Government and the Judges

Conflict between the judges and government is built into the very concept of the judicial protection of human rights.

Congress and the Supreme Court in a Partisan Era

There are significant lessons to be learned about relations between the Court and Congress from this analysis of the past dozen years.

Judging Judges

The principle of independence of the judiciary, while fundamental to a society based on the rule of law, is sometimes used to preclude the evaluation of courts.

Affirmative Action

The 1960s was a decade of racial progress in the US, but also of anger that not more was achieved.

Courts and Democracy: The Production and Reproduction of Constitutional Conflict

A brief foray into comparative and transnational law finds the debate about abortion in courts, legislatures, and intergovernmental bodies around the world. 

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