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  • Thai Money Laundering Charges

    United States Prosecution of Thai Nationals on Money Laundering Charges in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On September 9, 2011, the United States filed a brief in the U.S. District Court for the […]

  • Thai Money Laundering Charges

    United States Prosecution of Thai Nationals on Money Laundering Charges in 2011 United States views on international law (based on the document "Digest of U.S. Practice in International Law"): On September 9, 2011, the United States filed a brief in the U.S. District Court for the […]

  • 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…

  • Removal of Judges

    Removal of Judges From the article “Judicial Appointments and Judicial Independence”, authored by Tom Ginsburg for the US Institute for Peace (January 2009): “A key factor in ensuring judicial independence and accountability is a system to discipline and, in serious cases, remove judges who have engaged in misconduct. Elections (of Judges) clearly provide one means…

  • Court Systems

    Court Systems Court Hierarchy in the Legal System “Court level or hierarchy defines to a great degree the extent to which a decision by one court will have a binding effect on another court. The federal court system, for instance, is based on a three-tiered structure, in which the United States District Courts are the…

  • Divorce Reform

    Introduction to Divorce ReformA divorce reform movement finally took place in the early 1970s in Britain and the United States. The movement was originally initiated by a group, assembled by the archbishop of Canterbury, who proposed a single, no-fault ground that required a judge to grant …

  • Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History

    Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History Bibliographic Details Title: Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History ISBN: 9780195134056 Author: Katz, Stanley N. Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA Subject: Legal History, Historical jurisprudence. Series Volume: 6 Volume-set Publication Date: 2009-04-17 Language: English Pages: 3072 Review of Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History Publisher Comments The Oxford International…

  • List of Authors to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

    List of Authors to the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Main Entries: List of Entries and Authors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Listing of entries to the Encyclopedia by Author: Benjamin Aaron Professor of Law, Emeritus University of California, Los Angeles LABOR AND THE ANTITRUST LAWS Henry J.…

  • List of Entries and Authors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution

    List of Articles and Contributors of the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution Main Entry: the Encyclopedia of the American Constitution. List of Authors by Entry (A-Z): ADEQUATE STATE GROUNDS Kenneth L. Karst ADKINS V. CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL Leonard W. Levy ADLER V. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CITY OF NEW YORK Martin Shapiro ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES Joseph Vining…

  • List of Constitutions of the World

    List of Constitutions of the World The Encyclopedia offers (in most cases, authoritative) translations of the constitutions of most countries. In some cases, complementing the official documents are introductory and comparative notes and cross references examining amendments, and highlighting pertinent historical, political, and economic factors. List of Constitutions with some additional information This list includes…