Contents : Barak and Montesquieu. Willem Witteveen & Maartje de Visser. -- On society, law and judging. Aharon Barak. -- Constitutional Dialogues between Courts and Legislatures. Maartje de Visser. -- Judicial Lawmaking by the European Cour of Human Rights : Balancing between Common and Civil Law. Mieke van der Linden. -- Judicial Lawmaking by the European Cour of Human Rights : through its Interpretation Techniques ; the Doctrine of Margin Appreciation and the Principle of Proportionality. Mieke van der Linden & Evgeni Moyakine. -- The European Court of Jusitice through the Eyes of Aharon Barak : a preliminary Assessment. Niels Baeten. -- Exploring the Parameters of Lawmaking. Lessons from the United KIngdom. Gerard van der Schyff. -- Judicial Behaviour as a Compensating and Dialogical Strategy : a Rejoinder to Professor A. Barak. Maurice Adams. -- The Dignity of Law : Fundamental Legal Principles versus Legislative Instrumentalism. Hans Gribnau. -- Constructive Discussion or Empty Talk. Judith Dombi. -- Constitutional Amendments and the Limits of Judicial Activism : the Case of the Czech Republic. Radim Dragomaca. -- Two types of Rhetoric for the Atr of Judicial Lawmaking. Willem Witteveen. -- Epilogue, or : from Monologue to Dialogue. Aharon Barak, the former President of the Supreme Court of Israel is a scholar of judicial behaviour. His books on the art of judging offer a deep insight operated but they have also generated controversy in both the U.S. and Israel.