The JIWP Association

International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace

Judicial Independence: Cornerstone of Democracy"

This book is an academic continuation of the previous five volumes on judicial independence edited by Shimon Shetreet, with others: Jules Deschenes, Christopher Forsyth, Wayne McCormack, Hiram E. Chodosh and Eric Helland, all books were published by Brill Nijhoff:
Judicial Independence: The Contemporary Debate (1985), The Culture of Judicial Independence: Conceptual Foundations and Practical Challenges (2012), The Culture of Judicial Independence: Rule of Law and World Peace (2014), The Culture of Judicial Independence in a Globalised World (2016), Challenged Justice: In Pursuit of Judicial Independence (2021).
This volume offers studies by distinguished scholars and judges from different jurisdictions on numerous dimensions regarding the essential role of judicial independence in democracy. It includes analyses of basic constitutional principles and contemporary issues of judicial independence and judicial procces in many jurisdictions and analyses of international standarts of judicial independence and judicial ethics.

Judicial Independence is essential for democracy, liberty world peace and International Trade.

The International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace and its members introduced innovative concepts of judicial independence clarifying significant components essential for liberty, democracy, human rights and effective world trade.

This was done by major international conferences of major important international organizations and drafting international standards and declarations.

An important function of The International Association of Judicial Independence and World Peace is recording violations of judicial independence and rule of law and helping judges , legal officers and public bodies and civil society organisation to deal with cases of violations .

The concepts include the independence of the individual judge, substantive and personal, the institutional or collective independence of the judiciary as a whole, the internal judicial independence of the judge vis-a-vis his colleagues and his superiors, the principle of fair reflection of society, or judicial diversity and proper considerations and procedures for judicial selection and the careful demarcation of lines between the judiciary and the other branches of government.