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Parliamentary Scrutiny Of Supreme Court Nominees: A View From The United Kingdom, Kate Malleson Jul 2006

Parliamentary Scrutiny Of Supreme Court Nominees: A View From The United Kingdom, Kate Malleson

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Current Challenges To The Federal Judiciary, Carolyn Dineen King May 2006

Current Challenges To The Federal Judiciary, Carolyn Dineen King

Louisiana Law Review

No abstract provided.


Global Markets And The Evolution Of Law In China And Japan, Takao Tanase Jan 2006

Global Markets And The Evolution Of Law In China And Japan, Takao Tanase

Michigan Journal of International Law

The first angle of this Article concerns the exclusivity of rights, which is the notion that a right has an exclusive boundary of ownership. The socialist system and traditional customary law in China gave only weak recognition to this concept, especially prior to China's move toward a market economy and the introduction of modern law. The second angle addresses the functionality of extralegal norms. Law reforms tend to be measured by the efficiency gains they produce, a process intensified by competition among systems. The third angle involves the ideological nature of the market-oriented development of law. The foreign enterprises and …


Introduction: The Hundred-Year Run Of Roscoe Pound, Randall T. Shepard Jan 2006

Introduction: The Hundred-Year Run Of Roscoe Pound, Randall T. Shepard

Indiana Law Journal

Conference of Chief Justices and Conference of State Court Administrators Annual Meeting July 29-August 2, 2006 Indianapolis, Indiana.


The End Of Nonpartisan Judicial Elections And The Rise Of The Politiciary: The Eighth Circuit Strikes Down Judicial Campaign Regulations In Republican Party Of Minnesota V. White, Ross G. Currie Jan 2006

The End Of Nonpartisan Judicial Elections And The Rise Of The Politiciary: The Eighth Circuit Strikes Down Judicial Campaign Regulations In Republican Party Of Minnesota V. White, Ross G. Currie

Villanova Law Review

No abstract provided.


Rescuing Judicial Accountability From The Realm Of Political Rhetoric, Charles Gardner Geyh Jan 2006

Rescuing Judicial Accountability From The Realm Of Political Rhetoric, Charles Gardner Geyh

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Inevitability (And Desirability) Of Avoidance: A Response To Dean Kloppenberg, Melvyn R. Durchslag Jan 2006

The Inevitability (And Desirability) Of Avoidance: A Response To Dean Kloppenberg, Melvyn R. Durchslag

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Timing Controversial Decisions, Cass R. Sunstein Jan 2006

Timing Controversial Decisions, Cass R. Sunstein

Hofstra Law Review

No abstract provided.


Symposium - Judicial Independence And Judicial Accountability: Searching For The Right Balance - "Atrocious Judges" And "Odious" Courts Revisited, Robert N. Strassfeld Jan 2006

Symposium - Judicial Independence And Judicial Accountability: Searching For The Right Balance - "Atrocious Judges" And "Odious" Courts Revisited, Robert N. Strassfeld

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Judicial Accountability In A Time Of Legal Realism, William P. Marshall Jan 2006

Judicial Accountability In A Time Of Legal Realism, William P. Marshall

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Judging, Politics, And Accountability: A Reply To Charles Geyh, Susan Bandes Jan 2006

Judging, Politics, And Accountability: A Reply To Charles Geyh, Susan Bandes

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Taxation, Compensation, And Judicial Independence, Jonathan L. Entin, Erik M. Jensen Jan 2006

Taxation, Compensation, And Judicial Independence, Jonathan L. Entin, Erik M. Jensen

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Does Avoiding Constitutional Questions Promote Judicial Independence, Lisa A. Kloppenberg Jan 2006

Does Avoiding Constitutional Questions Promote Judicial Independence, Lisa A. Kloppenberg

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Avoiding Avoidance: Why Use Of The Constitutional Avoidance Canon Undermines Judicial Independence - A Response To Lisa Kloppenberg, Michelle R. Slack Jan 2006

Avoiding Avoidance: Why Use Of The Constitutional Avoidance Canon Undermines Judicial Independence - A Response To Lisa Kloppenberg, Michelle R. Slack

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


The "Constitution Restoration Act" And Judicial Independence: Some Observations, Mark Tushnet Jan 2006

The "Constitution Restoration Act" And Judicial Independence: Some Observations, Mark Tushnet

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Constitution Restoration Act, Judicial Independence, And Popular Constitutionalism, Ronald Kahn Jan 2006

The Constitution Restoration Act, Judicial Independence, And Popular Constitutionalism, Ronald Kahn

Case Western Reserve Law Review

No abstract provided.


Book Review [Advice And Consent: The Politics Of Judicial Appointments], Santa Clara Law Review Jan 2006

Book Review [Advice And Consent: The Politics Of Judicial Appointments], Santa Clara Law Review

Santa Clara Law Review

No abstract provided.


Prosecuting Judges For Ethical Violations: Are Criminal Sanctions Constitutional And Prudent, Or Do They Constitute A Threat To Judicial Independence?, Abraham Abramovsky, Jonathan I. Edelstein Jan 2006

Prosecuting Judges For Ethical Violations: Are Criminal Sanctions Constitutional And Prudent, Or Do They Constitute A Threat To Judicial Independence?, Abraham Abramovsky, Jonathan I. Edelstein

Fordham Urban Law Journal

This Article examines the constitutional and practical issues surrounding the prosecutions of judges for ethical violations. The first part of this Article will focus on the Garson prosecution as an example of unwarranted prosecution of judges for violation of ethical codes. The second part examines cases elsewhere in the United States in which judges and other public officials have been prosecuted for violations of ethical codes. Finally, the third part discusses the threats to judicial independence that exist even under the current American legal Framework, as well as the growing tendency to blur the line between civil and criminal liability. …