Calling the judiciary to account for the past : transitional justice and judicial accountability in Nigeria [PDF]
Institutional and individual accountability is an important feature of societies in transition from conflict or authoritarian rule. The imperative of accountability has both normative and transformational underpinnings in the context of restoration of ...
Yusuf, Hakeem
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The fragility of an independent judiciary: Lessons from Hungary and Poland—and the European Union
When the European Union was founded, it was assumed that all Member States admitted as consolidated democracies would maintain their constitutional commitments.
Kriszta Kovács, K. Scheppele
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Modalities and legal treatment of obstetrical violence in the Republic of Serbia [PDF]
Introduction/Objective. The problem of obstetric violence is a relatively new topic both in the field of medicine and in the field of law. The aim of the work is to analyze the problem and propose a solution in order to encourage the adequate application
Matijašević Jelena D. +4 more
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Judicial serendipity: how Portuguese judges came to the rescue of the Polish judiciary
While trying to defend their salaries from austerity measures, a group of Portuguese judges may have accidentally stumbled upon a way to judicially safeguard the rule of law and the independence of the judiciary throughout the European Union.
M. Bonelli, M. Claes
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Beyond court digitalization with ODR
“I felt so sorry for you, such a lovely tool, and then you have no users!” This was one of the comments after my presentation of the eKantonrechter at ODR2016, organized by HIIL in the Hague in May 2016. ODR, online dispute resolution, was presented as a
Dory Reiling
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Divergence of Articles (568) and (569) of the Islamic criminal Code in order to determine the Diyah for fracture, emphasizing the advisory opinions of the Legal Department of the Judiciary [PDF]
In Article (568) and Clause (a) of Article (569) of the Islamic criminal Code, the legislator has expressed the amount of Diyah for fracture. Assigning two different articles to this issue has caused the perception that these two articles have a ...
mohamad jafar sadegh pour
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Sexual diversity in the judiciary in England and Wales; research on barriers to judicial careers [PDF]
Debates about the diversity of the judiciary in the UK have been dominated by gender, race and ethnicity. Sexuality is notable by its absence and is perceived to pose particular challenges.
Allen +5 more
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Code is law: how COMPAS affects the way the judiciary handles the risk of recidivism
Judges in multiple US states, such as New York, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, California, and Florida, receive a prediction of defendants’ recidivism risk, generated by the COMPAS algorithm.
Christoph Engel +2 more
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Diversionary Measures as Response of Society to Juvenile Crime in Croatia and Serbia
In every society there are individuals or organized groups who openly or covertly violate social norms that prescribe what behavior patterns. The danger of such actions is reflected in the presence of negative tendencies in the field of further social ...
Ivan Joksić +1 more
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INSURANCE FRAUD AS A FORM OF ECONOMIC CRIME AND THE METHODS FOR COMBATING IT
Dealing with the topic of economic crime in insurance is very complex and therefore challenging. One of the first challenges concerns the definition of economic crime.
Teodora Čordarov +2 more
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