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Die amerikanischen Gerichte leiden unter Überlastung. Neben einer allgemeinen Prozeßbereitschaft, zu der die allzu große Offenheit der Gerichte beiträgt, ist die quantitativ unverhältnismäßige Zunahme der Zahl der Anwälte und die Politik der organisierten Anwaltschaft als Begründung anzuführen wie auch die Neigung der Legislative, zu viele Fragen Gerichten zur Entscheidung zu überlassen, die juristisch nicht zu klären sind. Hinzukommen die Verhaltensweisen des Jury-Systems. Zur Beseitigung dieses Mißstandes schlägt der Autor eine Reihe von Verbesserungen vor, etwa eine Selbstbeschränkung der Richter, gerade in Streitfragen, die politisch entschieden werden müssen. (SWP-Hld)

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.

"What should a judge do when he must hand down a ruling based on a law that he considers unjust or oppressive? This question is examined through a series of problems concerning unjust law that arose with respect to slavery in nineteenth-century America"". --Amazon

The state is involved in law making (Chapter 13), executing the law through its ministers and public officials (Chapters 11 and 12), and adjudicating on the law, which is the subject of this chapter. Some political theorists have long argued that these functions should be kept strictly separate. While this separation of powers has been enforced as far as practicable in some constitutions (notably the US constitution), this has not previously been the case in Britain. Yet constitutional reforms first announced in 2003, involving the establishment of a separate Supreme Court (finally established in 2009), changes in the system for appointing judges and the reform of the office of Lord Chancellor were intended to emphasize the independence of the judiciary from both the executive and legislature.