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This article is an examination of the English judicial process as a subject of research. My perspective is that of a political scientist whose major field of interest has been American judicial politics. If my subject were the House of Commons or party politics in Britain, it would be appropriate to focus my examination upon an evaluation of the relevant political science literature. But political scientists thus far have virtually ignored the English courts as an object of study; the limited scholarship done on this set of institutions has been contributed chiefly by social scientists in other fields and by legal scholars. For this reason, my primary goal is not to assess the existing literature on the judicial process. Rather, I wish to communicate this literature to political scientists and to suggest directions that they might take in studying the judicial branch.

Maritime Delimitation as a Judicial Process is the first comprehensive analysis of judicial decisions, state practice and academic opinions on maritime boundary delimitation. For ease of reading and clarity, it follows this three-stage approach in its structure. Massimo Lando analyses the interaction between international tribunals and states in the development of the delimitation process, in order to explain rationally how a judicially-created approach to delimit maritime boundaries has been accepted by states. Pursuing a practical approach, this book identifies disputed points in maritime delimitation and proposes solutions which could be applied in future judicial disputes. In addition, the book engages with the underlying theories of maritime delimitation, including the relationship between delimitation and delineation, the effect of third states' rights on delimitation, and the manner in which each stage of the process influences the other stages.

Contents -- Lecture I. Introduction. The Method of Philosophy -- Lecture II. The Methods of History, Tradition and Sociology -- Lecture III. The Method of Sociology. The Judge as a Legislator -- Lecture IV. Adherence to Precedent. The Subconscious Element in the Judicial Process. Conclusion

A Point of departure for considering the evolution of t!he judicial function in the United Nations system can be found in three interrelated decisions of principle incorporated in the UN Charter itself, of which the Statute of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) forms an integral part.

der Herausgeber -- I. Der Einfluß allgemeiner gesellschaftlicher Kräfte auf die Formen gerichtlicher Verfahren -- The relationship between judicial and political branches of government -- Trial courts and their work in the modern world -- Economic development and litigation: The case of Spain -- II. Politische und soziale Determinanten richterlicher Tätigkeit -- Der Anteil gerichtlicher Verfahren bei der Austragung sozialer Konflikte -- Political justice and system maintenance: An overview of some major variables -- Zum Problem der Klassenjustiz -- III. Richterliche Entscheidungsfindung -- Eine entscheidungstheoretische Konzeption des Justizverfahrens -- Criminal courts as organizational phenomena -- IV. Alternativmodelle für die Rechtspflege -- The choice between litigation and arbitration -- Judicial decision-making and administrative tasks -- Civil trial and social justice in Italy.A sociological analysis of the proceedings under art. 28 of the Workers' Statute -- V. Die Auswirkung gerichtlicher Verfahren auf die Gesellschaft -- Social reform groups and the legal system: Enforcement problems -- The distribution of advantages in the litigation process -- Defamation: Reputation and encounter -- VI. Die Rollen im Gerichtsverfahren -- a)Laienrichter -- Citizen participation in the administration of justice: Research and policy in Poland -- The function of the lay judge in Czechoslovakia -- b)Sachverständige -- Die rechtliche Erheblichkeit gesellschaftlicher Unwissenheit -- Sachverständigengutachten und Urteilsfindung im Zivilprozeß -- VII. Probleme der Forschung und Rechtsreform -- Das Problem des Musterprozesses -- Das rechtliche Verfahren in der Rechts- ethnologie: Versuch zu einem interkulturell anwendbaren Bezugsrahmen -- Zugangsbarrieren zur Justiz -- Die Kosten der Rechtsverfolgung als Zugangs-barriere der Rechtspflege -- "Kommunikation" als Untersuchungsgegenstand und Forschungsinstrument.