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Justice Under Siege: The Rule Of Law And Judicial Subservience In Kenya, Makau Mutua
Justice Under Siege: The Rule Of Law And Judicial Subservience In Kenya, Makau Mutua
Makau Mutua
The piece examines the tortured history of the judiciary in Kenya and concludes that various governments have deliberately robbed judges of judicial independence. As such, the judiciary has become part and parcel of the culture of impunity and corruption. This was particularly under the one party state, although nothing really changed with the introduction of a more open political system. The article argues that judicial subservience is one of the major reasons that state despotism continues to go unchallenged. It concludes by underlining the critical role that the judiciary has to play in a democratic polity.
Distinguished Jurist-In-Residence Lecture: Sentencing Reform: When Everyone Behaves Badly, Nancy Gertner
Distinguished Jurist-In-Residence Lecture: Sentencing Reform: When Everyone Behaves Badly, Nancy Gertner
Maine Law Review
Sentencing is different from almost all functions of the government and surely different from the other functions of the judiciary. It is the moment when state power meets an individual directly. It necessarily involves issues that are distinct from those in other areas of the law. It requires a court to focus on the defendant, to craft a punishment proportionate to the offense and to the offender. It should come as no surprise that in countries across the world, common law and civil code, totalitarian and free, judges have been given great discretion in sentencing. To be sure, that power …
Funding The Judicial Department At A Level The Supreme Judicial Court Deems "Essential To Its Existence And Functioning As A Court" Is Required By Doctrines Of Comity And Duties Imposed By Maine's Constitution, Orlando E. Delogu
Maine Law Review
This Article develops ideas and arguments relative to judicial funding initially advanced by this Author in two op-ed pieces previously published in the Maine Lawyers Review. Beyond elaborating and more carefully documenting (with footnote references) points previously made, this Article undertakes to lay out the judicial department’s unique status as one of three co-equal and coordinate branches of Maine’s governmental structure. It is this status that separates the judicial department from all of the other agencies of state government. The Article further argues that this status gives rise to a duty on the part of the legislative and executive departments …
Justice For Sale: Contemplations On The "Impartial" Judge In A Citizens United World, Aviva Abramovsky
Justice For Sale: Contemplations On The "Impartial" Judge In A Citizens United World, Aviva Abramovsky
Aviva Abramovsky
Although it has long been in vogue to discredit the judiciary, it remains the most trusted of the three branches of government. However, empirical evidence supports the idea that judicial campaign donations affect judicial decision making. The reality of political campaigns under Citizens United has the potential to further undermine the public perception of judges and to enhance the potential for corruption of the judiciary.
Law Library Blog (October 2017): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Law Library Blog (October 2017): Legal Beagle's Blog Archive, Roger Williams University School Of Law
Law Library Newsletters/Blog
No abstract provided.
Electronic Social Media: Friend Or Foe For Judges, M. Sue Kurita
Electronic Social Media: Friend Or Foe For Judges, M. Sue Kurita
St. Mary's Journal on Legal Malpractice & Ethics
The use of electronic social communication has grown at a phenomenal rate. Facebook, the most popular social networking website, has over 1,968,000,000 users—a number that has exponentially grown since its inception in 2004. The number of judges accessing and using electronic social media (ESM) has also increased. However, unlike the general population, judges must consider constitutional, ethical, technical, and evidentiary implications when they use and access ESM. The First Amendment forbids “abridging the freedom of speech” and protects the expression of personal ideas, positions, and views. However, the American Bar Association’s Model Code of Judicial Conduct and the Texas Code …
Introduction To Section Vi: Understanding And Improving Our Judicial System, Hanna Borsilli
Introduction To Section Vi: Understanding And Improving Our Judicial System, Hanna Borsilli
Dickinson Law Review (2017-Present)
No abstract provided.
A Soft Solution For A Hard Problem: Using Alternative Dispute Resolution In Post-Conflict Societies, James D. Mcginley
A Soft Solution For A Hard Problem: Using Alternative Dispute Resolution In Post-Conflict Societies, James D. Mcginley
Pepperdine Dispute Resolution Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Judging Justice - How Solicitors' Expertise Can Improve The Courts System, Brian M. Barry
Judging Justice - How Solicitors' Expertise Can Improve The Courts System, Brian M. Barry
Reports
This article details the initial findings of a nationwide interview study undertaken by the author of litigation solicitors in Ireland on their views of the Irish courts system and the Irish judiciary.
Tailored Judicial Selection, Dmitry Bam
Tailored Judicial Selection, Dmitry Bam
University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review
No abstract provided.
Chief Justice William Howard Taft's Conception Of Judicial Integrity: The Legal History Of Tumey V. Ohio, Joshua Kastenberg
Chief Justice William Howard Taft's Conception Of Judicial Integrity: The Legal History Of Tumey V. Ohio, Joshua Kastenberg
Cleveland State Law Review
In 1927, Chief Justice William Howard Taft led a unanimous Court to determine that, at minimum, the right to an impartial and independent judiciary meant that the judge had to lack a personal interest in the outcome of the trial. While the decision, Tumey v. Ohio, was based on a judge’s pecuniary interest, it was also part of Taft’s efforts to ensure that the nation’s judges, from the municipal courts to the Supreme Court had the public’s confidence in their integrity. Tumey, therefore, is not simply a decision on pecuniary interests. It can, and should, be applied to …
Combating The Ninth Circuit Judicial Vacancy Crisis, Carl Tobias
Combating The Ninth Circuit Judicial Vacancy Crisis, Carl Tobias
Washington and Lee Law Review Online
No abstract provided.
Of Great Use And Interest: Constitutional Governance And Judicial Power- The History Of The California Supreme Court, Donald Warner
Of Great Use And Interest: Constitutional Governance And Judicial Power- The History Of The California Supreme Court, Donald Warner
The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
No abstract provided.
Narratives Of Self-Government In Making The Case, Benjamin L. Berger
Narratives Of Self-Government In Making The Case, Benjamin L. Berger
The Journal of Appellate Practice and Process
No abstract provided.
Judicial Selection In South Carolina: Is The Time Ripe For Systematic Restructuring And Improvement: You Be The Judge, Ronald T. Scott
Judicial Selection In South Carolina: Is The Time Ripe For Systematic Restructuring And Improvement: You Be The Judge, Ronald T. Scott
South Carolina Law Review
No abstract provided.
Rethinking Criminal Contempt In The Bankruptcy Courts, John A. E. Pottow, Jason S. Levin
Rethinking Criminal Contempt In The Bankruptcy Courts, John A. E. Pottow, Jason S. Levin
Law & Economics Working Papers
A surprising number of courts believe that bankruptcy judges lack authority to impose criminal contempt sanctions. We attempt to rectify this misunderstanding with a march through the historical treatment of contempt-like powers in bankruptcy, the painful statutory history of the 1978 Bankruptcy Code (including the exciting history of likely repealed 28 U.S.C. § 1481), and the various apposite rules of procedure. (Fans of the All Writs Act will delight in its inclusion.) But the principal service we offer to the bankruptcy community is dismantling the ubiquitous and persistent belief that there is some form of constitutional infirmity with "mere" bankruptcy …
The District Court Re-Entry Project (Dcrep): Connecting Baltimore City Residents With Job Opportunities And Educational Training Programs Through The Judiciary, Hon. Nicole Pastore Klein
The District Court Re-Entry Project (Dcrep): Connecting Baltimore City Residents With Job Opportunities And Educational Training Programs Through The Judiciary, Hon. Nicole Pastore Klein
University of Baltimore Law Review
No abstract provided.
I'Ve Got My Mind Made Up: How Judicial Teleology In Cases Involving Biologically Based Evidence Violates Therapeutic Jurisprudence, Michael L. Perlin
I'Ve Got My Mind Made Up: How Judicial Teleology In Cases Involving Biologically Based Evidence Violates Therapeutic Jurisprudence, Michael L. Perlin
Articles & Chapters
Courts are, and have always been, teleological in cases involving litigants with mental disabilities. By “teleological,” I refer to outcome-determinative reasoning; social science that enables judges to satisfy predetermined positions is privileged, while data that would require judges to question such ends are rejected. In this context, judges treat biologically-based evidence in criminal cases involving questions of mental disability law so as to conform to their pre-existing positions. This applies to cases involving questions of the death penalty, the insanity defense, civil competency, incompetency to stand trial, questions related to malingering, and criminal sentencing, and more.
In this paper, I …