Rational Judicial Behavior: A Statistical Study
am 04.05.2008 von JurabilisIst 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 kann nun ein Papier heruntergeladen werden, das dieser Frage zumindest für die Vereinigten Staaten auf den Grund geht: This paper analyzes the connection between ideology and voting of judges using a large sample of court of appeals cases decided since 1925 and Supreme Court cases decided since 1937. Die zusammengefassten Ergebnisse: We have a number of interesting results, including how a judges votings is affected by the voting of the other judges he serves with. We find a a political-polarization effect among Justices appointed by Democratic but not by Republican Presidents; that is, the fewer the …
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…
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…
Court dress simplified/Richterbekleidung vereinfacht
Transblawg / The Solicitors Journal reports that from January 2008, judges' clothing in England and Wales is to be simplified and their dress allowance reduced. This was announced on July 12. Media release here. Judges will no longer wear wigs, wing collars…
Criminal procedure in Europa / Strafprozesse in Europa
Transblawg / For some reason best know to itself, the local paper had an article comparing criminal procedure throughout Europe on the front of their Magazin section at the weekend (Click to enlarge). There is it again - that hackneyed old scene of the judges…
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…
High court judge
Transblawg / High court judge, Wildy's, December 2006. More: High Court judges' dress depends on the division in which they sit, the type of case they are trying and the time of year. On Red Letter days - which include the Sovereign's birthday, th…
German-educated judges in Israel / Deutsche Richter in Israel
Transblawg / The Legal History Blog links to a paper (PDF) by Fanie Oz-Salzberger and Eli Salzberger on The Secret German Sources of the Israeli Supreme Court. Its main emphasis is on important Israeli judges who The present paper ... offers a glimpse into…
New Batch of Supreme Judges
German American Law Journal :: American Edition / CK - Washington. Today, the federal election committee for the judiciary, Bundeswahlausschuss, elected several batches of justices for the various supreme courts. It chose six justices for the Bundesgerichtshof which is the supreme court for civil…
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