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  • Judicial Independence

    From the article "Judicial Appointments and Judicial Independence", authored by Tom Ginsburg for US Institute for Peace (January 2009) "Judicial independence is a central goal of most legal systems, and systems of appointment are seen as a crucial mechanism to achieve this […]

  • Judicial Appointments

    Judicial Appointments Vacant Seat Latin for “vacant seat,” sede vacante is most often used to describe the period when no pope is presiding in Rome. But it might also describe the anticipation of waiting for smoke signals, for example, from U.S. State Governors’s office when a vacancy occurs on the State Supreme Court. Judicial Appointments…

  • Judicial Appointments

    Judicial Appointments Vacant Seat Latin for “vacant seat,” sede vacante is most often used to describe the period when no pope is presiding in Rome. But it might also describe the anticipation of waiting for smoke signals, for example, from U.S. State Governors’s office when a vacancy occurs on the State Supreme Court. Judicial Appointments…

  • Judicial Self-Appointment

    Judicial Self-Appointment From the article “Judicial Appointments and Judicial Independence”, authored by Tom Ginsburg for US Institute for Peace (January 2009): “In some countries in the common law tradition, the judiciary has become effectively self-appointing. For example, in India, the higher judiciary is appointed by the President after “consultation” with the Supreme Court and this…

  • Judicial Councils

    Judicial Councils From the article “Judicial Appointments and Judicial Independence”, authored by Tom Ginsburg for US Institute for Peace (January 2009): “Judicial councils are bodies that are designed to insulate the functions of appointment, promotion, and discipline of judges from the partisan political process while ensuring some level of accountability. Judicial councils lie somewhere in…

  • Judicial Elections

    Judicial Elections From the article “Judicial Appointments and Judicial Independence”, authored by Tom Ginsburg for the US Institute for Peace (January 2009): “Each American state has its own state judiciary, with its own system of appointment. These systems have varied over time and many of them, though not all, involve elections of judges. Electoral systems…

  • Judicial Elections

    Judicial Elections From the article “Judicial Appointments and Judicial Independence”, authored by Tom Ginsburg for the US Institute for Peace (January 2009): “Each American state has its own state judiciary, with its own system of appointment. These systems have varied over time and many of them, though not all, involve elections of judges. Electoral systems…

  • Judicial Training

    Judicial Training Purposes of Judicial Training A judicial training program is normally intended to improve performance by: (a) preparing newly appointed judges and other auxiliary employees of the justice system for their duties; (b) guaranteeing greater uniformity and predictability of decisions; (c) updating judges in new methods, laws, and related areas of knowledge required in…

  • International judicial institutions

    International judicial institutions   1 Malgosia Fitzmaurice and Dan Sarooshi (eds.), Issues of State Responsibility before International Judicial Institutions Stephan Wittich Austrian Review of International and European Law Volume 12, 2007 p.457 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 2 Mind the gap: Public power, accountability and the Northern Territory emergency response Peter Billings Australian Journal of…

  • International Criminal Court Part 10

    International Criminal Court Part 10   182 Model Law: To Implement the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court Commonwealth Law Bulletin Volume 34, Number 4, 2008 p.889-938 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 183 ‘Witness Proofing’ before the International Criminal Court: A Reply to Karemaker, Taylor, and Pittman KAI AMBOS Leiden Journal of International Law…

  • Rule of Law

    Rule of law Definition Rule of law means that any act of the government must be done through laws, that no one is above the law. However this principle has many controversial aspects, the core of it requires that fair laws should apply to all persons in a given jurisdiction. It also means […]

  • Rule of Law

    Rule of law Definition Rule of law means that any act of the government must be done through laws, that no one is above the law. However this principle has many controversial aspects, the core of it requires that fair laws should apply to all persons in a given jurisdiction. It also means […]

  • Government

    Government Definition Government may be defined as a political organization comprising the individuals and institutions authorized to formulate public policies and conduct affairs of state. Governments are empowered to establish and regulate the interrelationships of the people within their […]

  • International Human Rights Law

    Contents of International Human Rights Law Contents of this subject matter include: The concept of human rights: universalism and cultural relativism International and regional human rights systems Human rights law beyond treaties Human rights treaties and derogation State responsibility and […]

  • International Human Rights Law

    Contents of International Human Rights Law Contents of this subject matter include: The concept of human rights: universalism and cultural relativism International and regional human rights systems Human rights law beyond treaties Human rights treaties and derogation State responsibility and […]