JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE IN A DEMOCRACY: Reflections on Impeachments in America and the Philippines*
International Journal for Court Administration, 2018 On May 11, 2018, Maria Lourdes Sereno was removed from office as the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines. She had been a vocal critic of controversial President Rodrigo Duterte, and he had labeled her as an “enemy.” While she was ...
David C. Steelman
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CONSTITUTIONAL IDENTITY IN THE ARGUMENTATION OF DECISIONS OF CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS
Конституційно-правові академічні студії, 2021 The latest trend in modern European constitutionalism is the issue of constitutional identity. Constitutional courts, which are the embodiment not only of the protection of the Constitution, but also of the limitation of power, are influential subjects ...
Оксана Щербанюк
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Belgium's new specialized judiciary [PDF]
, 2014 This brief national report was written for the First Siberian Legal Forum on the ‘Specialization of Judges and Courts: Comparative and Russian Context.’ It gives an overview of the Belgian judicial structure.
Voet, Stefaan
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European Papers, 2020 (Series Information) European Papers - A Journal on Law and Integration, 2020 5(2), 755-775 | Article | (Table of Contents) I. Introduction. - II. Study design and research method. - III. Dutch Caribbean case law and legislation concerning EU law.
Wessel Geursen
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The Role of Social Science in Judicial Decision Making: How Gay Rights Advocates Can Learn From Integration and Capital Punishment Case Law [PDF]
, 2011 This Article explores the intersection of social science and judicial decision making. It examines to what extent, and in what contexts, judges utilize social science in reaching and bolstering their rulings.
Rublin, Amy
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Reasons and Legal Bases of Establishing Hybrid (Internationalized) Criminal Courts from the National and International Perspective [PDF]
Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i Kiyfarī, 2019 The key issues surrounding hybrid courts are the reasons and the legal bases of their establishment. The reasons for the establishment of hybrid courts are debatable on both national and international levels.From the national perspective,it can be due to
Hossein Mirmohammad Sadeghi, Ali Rahmati
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Bankrupt Estoppel: The Case for a Uniform Doctrine of Judicial Estoppel as Applied Against Former Bankruptcy Debtors [PDF]
, 2012 This Note examines the role judicial estoppel plays in supporting the U.S. federal bankruptcy regime. Though once considered an obscure doctrine, the use of judicial estoppel to bar pursuit of previously undisclosed claims by former bankrupts has grown ...
Hilmo, Eric
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The Approach of the Constitutional Courts of the EU Member States to the Preliminary Ruling of the Court of Justice of the European Union [PDF]
Faṣlnāmah-i Pizhūhish-i Huqūq-i ̒Umūmī, 2019 One of the legal tools used by the Court of Justice of the European Union in its jurisdictional system is the preliminary ruling on the basis of Article 267 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
Ali Reza Jalali, Mohammad Abouata
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Methodologies for Measuring Judicial Performance: The Problem of Bias
Oñati Socio-Legal Series, 2014 Concerns about gender and racial bias in the survey-based evaluations of judicial performance common in the United States have persisted for decades. Consistent with a large body of basic research in the psychological sciences, recent studies confirm ...
Jennifer Elek, David Rottman
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Uniformity of Application of the EU Customs Law: Problematic Aspects in the Baltic States
Economics and Culture, 2019 Research purpose. The EU Customs Law is a significant branch of the EU substantive law. On the basis of the Union Customs Code (UCC; Regulation [EU] No. 952/2013) and the Combined Nomenclature of the European Union (Regulation [EU] No.
Valantiejus Gediminas, Katuoka Saulius
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