Judicial Discipline
am 17.03.2008 von Handakte WebLAWg
The Judicial Conference, the policy-making body of the federal courts, this week approved significant changes in the regulations for how complaints of judicial misconduct are handled.
The changes include greater public access to cases …
Judicial Assistance
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. The cabinet in Berlin approved today for ratification the new European Union directive on judicial assistance in criminal matters and a protocol to the directive. The new measures enhance means for cross border investigations,…
Schlafende Richter
Jurabilis / Ronald Grunstein, a professor in Sydney, Australia, specializing in human sleep physiology, investigated 15 cases of judicial sleepiness around the world. His conclusion: Judges should be more actively monitored for falling asleep on the ben…
Search and Track the Federal Register
Handakte WebLAWg / The Supreme Court of the United States (sometimes colloquially referred to by the acronym SCOTUS) is the highest judicial body in the United States and leads the judicial branch of the U.S. federal government. (…) Feed abonnieren, Beitrag email…
Judicial dress again/ Richterroben
Transblawg / Following the recent entry on changes to court dress in England and Wales, RA-Blog gives a link to a page with pictures of judicial dress all over the world. It's not quite accurate when referring to England and Wales - not surprisingly, since t…
Evaluate Judges via Internet
Law & Justice / The Massachusetts court system evaluates its judges as part of the continuing programme, since 2001, to evaluate and enhance judicial performance. The evaluation is done by lawyers, court employees and jurors. Robert J. Ambrogi writes that for the…
Rational Judicial Behavior: A Statistical Study
Jurabilis / Ist er erst einmal im Amt, entscheidet er unabhängig vom Parteibuch - solche Sätze fielen gerade in letzter Zeit vor dem Hintergrund der Verfassungsrichterwahl nicht selten. Stimmen solche Sätze auch? Auf dem Social Science Research Network k…
Wigless judges/Richter verzichten auf Perücke
Transblawg / From October this year, judges in civil cases in England, including family cases, will be wearing no wigs and new robes by the fashion designer Betty Jackson. Barristers and criminal-law judges will be keeping their wigs. Some say it makes it…
Miscellaneous courts/Verschiedene Gerichte
Transblawg / I wrote this when I had more time. Hope it makes sense now. EFTA Court in Luxembourg The EFTA Court fulfils the judicial function within the EFTA system, interpreting the Agreement on the European Economic Area with regard to the...…
What is a website?/Englischer Richter ratlos
Transblawg / English judge asks 'What is a website?' This has been widely reported and even blogged, but not yet by me. Judge Peter Openshaw, 59, brought an Internet terror trial to a halt when he admitted he struggled to cope with basic terms like ̶…
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