Courts to the Rescue of the Public Interest

This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 License. It is free to read, download and share on Elgaronline.com. This timely book examines the increasing pressure on courts to protect underrepresented matters of public interests at the risk of political reprisals. It explores the different strategies used by judges across jurisdictions in Europe, the USA, India and South Africa to legitimize their decisions in contentious public interest cases.