Chapter 1 Introduction: Safeguards and Limits of Judicial Power

Chapter 2 The Independence of the Belgian Constitutional Court

Chapter 3 Judicial Independence and Democratic Accountability: The Function and Legitimacy of the German Federal Constitutional Court

Chapter 4 Italy and Its Constitutional Court

Chapter 5 Bipolar Constitutionalism in The Netherlands and Its Consequences for the Independence and Accountability of the Judiciary

Chapter 6 ‘… destroy all sense of dependence’: On the Selection and Independence of the Judiciary in Norway

Chapter 7 Judicial Independence and Accountability in the British Constitution

Chapter 8 Independence and Accountability of the South African Judiciary

Chapter 10 Accountability Through Transparency and the Role of the Court of Justice of the European Union

Chapter 11 The Last Soldier Standing? Courts Versus Politicians and the Rule of Law Crisis in the New Member States of the EU

Chapter 12 A Stress Test for Europe’s Judiciaries

Chapter 13 The Strasbourg Court: Judges Without Borders

Chapter 14 The Strasbourg Court: Acting Within Its Limits