Lay judge lays down the law/Schöffe wehrt sich
am 13.01.2005 von http://transblawg.euGermany involves laypersons in the criminal justice system in the form of Schöffen. A Schöffe - lay judge, lay assessor - is attached to a particular panel for …
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
First ethnic minorities high court judge
Transblawg / Mrs. Justice Dobbs is Britain’s first ethnic minority judge. Report and pictures in Blink. According to Times Online (registration required, free of charge), she studied law and Russian and speaks fluent Russian. According to blink, she also di
Friends and Perjury
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - 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
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
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
Im dritten Anlauf
Aktenvermerk / President Bush today will nominate 3rd Circuit Appeals Court Judge Samuel Alito for the U.S. Supreme Court. Alito, a former U.S. attorney who has been a judge for 15 years, is considered a favorite of the conservative movement and is Bush’s thi
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