Friends and Perjury
am 12.12.2004 von http://www.recht.us/amlawCK - Washington. A criminal investigation for perjury is a rarity in Germany because witnesses are hardly ever examined under oath. But just that happened in a triangular case involving a chief judge at a district court, her live-in boyfriend from the ministry of justice and her allegded suitor, a chief judge at an appellate court. The appellate judge is alleged to have given her colleague a ruinous recommendation after she spurned his advances so that she could not advance in her career. The state …
Procedure in Germany and United States
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Criminal procedure differs greatly between Germany and the United States, an analysis discovered by Streitsache blog explains. Authored by Jupp Joachimski, the presiding judge at the Bavarian appellate court, the comparative r…
Senior judge continues work/Court of Appeal-Richter arbeitet weiter
Transblawg / The Daily Mail reports that a Court of Appeal judge charged with flashing on a train is being allowed to continue work: Lord Justice Richards is reviewing failed immigration and asylum applications as he awaits trial over claims he twice exposed him…
Chief justice nominee Roberts wins panel endorsement
Jurabilis / The Senate Judiciary Committee today approved John Roberts nomination as the next Supreme Court chief justice, virtually assuring the conservative judge confirmation by the Senate next week. Three Democrats joined the committees 10 majority Republi…
Judge May Defend Pro Hac Vice and Pro Bono
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CJ - Washington. On March 9, 2006, the Constitutional Supreme Court in Karlsruhe announced its decision on a constitutional complaint of a retired appellate judge concerning his refused admission as criminal defense counsel, in the matter 2 B…
Inviolability of Law Offices
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Searches of, and seizures in, law offices require enhanced constitutional scrutiny, the German Constitutional Supreme Court in Karlsruhe decided. In its press release of May 29, 2008, the court emphasizes the general inviolab…
Chief Justice Rehnquist dies
Transblawg / It has been reported that Chief Justice William Rehnquist has died at the age of 80. There had been speculations as to his retiring on account of thyroid cancer. Hearings are about to start for Judge John Roberts, nominated by...…
