Views On Judicial Activism
Finkelstein entered into the debate on judicial activism in a journal article published in the Monash University Law Review, in which he stated that, while he opposes judges acting as "ad hoc legislators", it is naive to think that a judge's background, education, heritage and personal ethical views do not influence their decisions.
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