Table of Contents: “…Between nightmare and noble dream : judicial activism and legal theory -- Judicial activism : clearing the air and the head -- Judicial activism and "reason" -- Judicial activism and fidelity to law -- Adjudication as grammatication: the case of French judicial politics -- The activist judge-vanity of vanities -- Schmitt's spectre and Kelsen's promise : the polemics on the guardian of the constitution -- Theories of judicial behavior and the law : taking stock and looking ahead -- The passive sovereignty of the constitutional judge a state theory approach -- The contextual nature of proportionality and its relation with the intensity of judicial review -- Politics and the judiciary : a naïve step towards the end of judicial policy-making -- The judicial activism of the European Court of Justice -- Courts and European integration -- Judicial activism, judicial independence and judicial hubris : the case of international courts.…”

Table of Contents: “….- Section II Judicial Activism in Perspective -- The Activist Judge – Vanity of Vanities; James Allan -- Schmitt’s Spectre and Kelsen’s Promise: The Polemics on the Guardian of the Constitution; Miguel Nogueira de Brito -- Theories of Judicial Behavior and the Law: Taking Stock and Looking Ahead; Tiago Fidalgo de Freitas -- The Passive Sovereignty of the Constitutional Judge: A State Theory Approach; Luís Pereira Coutinho -- Section III Judicial Activism in Context -- The Contextual Nature of Proportionality and its Relation with the Intensity of Judicial Review; Jorge Silva Sampaio -- Politics and the Judiciary: A Naïve Step Towards the End of Judicial Policy-Making; Maria Benedita Urbano.…”
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