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This book discusses the intersection of politics and law in six western European countries and in two supra-national bodies. The contributors to this volume go far in debunking the myth that judges are no more than 'la bouche de la loi' and demonstrate the similarities in the policy-making styles of judiciaries from one nation to the next.