Contents: Foreword, Lord Justice Sedley; Acknowledgements; Notes on contributors. General Introduction: Can the independence of the Judiciary withstand criticism?: an introduction to the criticism of judges in Europe, Michael K. Addo. The Common Law: Scandalizing the court in England and Wales, Michael K. Addo; Criticizing judges in Ireland, Mary Kotsonouris. The Ordinary Law: Criticizing judges in Germany, Michael Bohlander; Recusing judges in Austria, J. Michael Rainer and Thomas Tschaler; Criticizing judges in Belgium, Dirk Voorhoof; Contempt of court in French law: a criminal offence, Hélène Lambert; Criticizing judges in Denmark, Marianne Holdgaard, Jørgeb Alboek Jensen and Rasmus Møller Madsen; Criticizing judges in Iceland, Augst Karlsson. The Influence of Culture and History: Criticizing judges in the Netherlands, Leny E.

de Groot-van Leeuwen; Criticizing judges in Italy, Annamaria di Ioia; Criticizing judges in Greece, Lefteris Ktistakis. Legal Systems in Transition: Criticizing judges in Russia, Bill Bowring; Criticizing public officials in Hungary, Ga'bor Halmai. The Influence of the European Convention on Human Rights: Article 10 of the ECHR and the criticism of public officials, Michael K. Addo; Article 10 of the ECHR and the criticism of judges, Michael K. Addo. Index.