Jury Systems Around The World,
Cornell Law School
Jury Systems Around The World, Valerie P. Hans
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
Lay citizens participate as decision makers in the legal systems of many countries. This review describes the different approaches that countries employ to integrate lay decision makers, contrasting in particular the use of juries composed of all citizens with mixed decision-making bodies of lay and law-trained judges. The review discusses research on the benefits and drawbacks of lay legal decision making as well as international support for the use of ordinary citizens as legal decision makers, with an eye to explaining a recent increase in new jury systems around the world. The review calls for more comparative work on diverse …
Public Interest Litigation In India As A Paradigm For Developing Nations,
Indiana University Maurer School of Law
Public Interest Litigation In India As A Paradigm For Developing Nations, Zachary Holladay
Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies
Public interest litigation (PIL) in India can serve as a vehicle for creating and enforcing rights and is critical to the sustenance of democracy. PIL in India can address the needs of its citizens when legislative inertia afflicts the Indian National Congress. This Note discusses how PIL in India can serve as a model for other developing nations struggling with legislative inertia and can provide recourse to marginalized and disadvantaged communities. Furthermore, while PIL obscures the traditional boundaries of power in a liberal democratic polity, democracy is in fact strengthened by the expansion of standing to include any citizen who …
Watson, Walton, And The History Of Legal Transplants,
University of Edinburgh
Watson, Walton, And The History Of Legal Transplants, John W. Cairns
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
A History Of Injunctions In England Before 1700,
Ohio Northern University
A History Of Injunctions In England Before 1700, David W. Raack
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The Iran-Iraq War: United Nations Resolution Of Armed Conflict,
Villanova University Charles Widger School of Law
The Iran-Iraq War: United Nations Resolution Of Armed Conflict, Matthew J. Ferretti
Villanova Law Review
No abstract provided.
Women And Law: A Comparative Analysis Of The United States And Indian Supreme Courts' Equality Jurisprudence,
Touro College
Women And Law: A Comparative Analysis Of The United States And Indian Supreme Courts' Equality Jurisprudence, Eileen Kaufman
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Human Rights Violations At Guantánamo Bay: How The United States Has Avoided Enforcement Of International Norms,
Seattle University School of Law
Human Rights Violations At Guantánamo Bay: How The United States Has Avoided Enforcement Of International Norms, Samantha Pearlman
Seattle University Law Review
Guantánamo Bay has become a symbol of the United States’ approach to the War on Terror. The detention center is globally known for the human rights violations committed there; yet, the international community has failed to take actions to successfully close the facility through either the use of pressure on the U.S. government or by utilizing enforcement mechanisms against the United States as it would any other nation committing proportional human rights violations. The United States’ actions at Guantánamo Bay violate its obligations under the Third Geneva Convention, the International Covenant for Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the Convention Against …
The Effect Of The Tiananmen Square Massacre Upon Negotiations For The Draft Basic Law Of The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region,
Penn State Law
The Effect Of The Tiananmen Square Massacre Upon Negotiations For The Draft Basic Law Of The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Wendy Dullea Bowie
Penn State International Law Review
This Comment will examine the effect of the massacre and the Chinese government's subsequent actions upon the negotiation of certain provisions of Hong Kong's future laws. Section II will examine the massacre, China's subsequent denial of any massacre, and Hong Kong's reaction to those events. Section III will discuss Great Britain's acquisition of Hong Kong, and the China-Britain agreement regarding Hong Kong. Section IV will compare provisions for the protection of human and individual rights contained within the Constitution of the People's Republic of China (PRC Constitution), the China-Britain Joint Declaration, (Joint Declaration) and the Draft Basic Law (DBL) which …
Impediments To Human Rights Protection In Nigeria,
Golden Gate University School of Law
Impediments To Human Rights Protection In Nigeria, Jacob Abiodun Dada
Annual Survey of International & Comparative Law
The promotion and protection of human rights have engaged the attention of the world community, and though the African country of Nigeria has subscribed to major international human rights instruments, violations continue to occur with disturbing frequency and regularity in that nation. Why is this so? This article examines the multifarious and multidimensional impediments which have hamstrung meaningful enjoyment of human rights in Nigeria. It points out the shortcomings of the dualist model under the Nigerian Constitution and stresses the objectionable wide amplitude of the derogation clauses. It also makes suggestions for reform.
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Playing By Their Rules: The Death Penalty And Foreigners In Saudi Arabia,
University of Georgia School of Law
Playing By Their Rules: The Death Penalty And Foreigners In Saudi Arabia, Mary Carter Duncan
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
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