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In The Global Market For Justice: Who Is Paying The Highest Price For Judicial Independence?, Kelly J. Varsho
In The Global Market For Justice: Who Is Paying The Highest Price For Judicial Independence?, Kelly J. Varsho
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Although states have continued to adapt their selection systems, as long as they rely on some form of election, the contests will continue to get nastier, nosier, and costlier, showing the need for reform. This comment surveys foreign countries, and their judicial selection systems, as alternatives to the current selection methods utilized by the states. After laying a foundation by defining independence, impartiality, and their intersection with accountability, the paper examines the current selection methods used by the states and the various regulations in place concerning judicial selection. The problems caused by judicial elections and their proposed solutions are also …
Judge Marilyn Hall Patel: A Dedication, William Michael Treanor
Judge Marilyn Hall Patel: A Dedication, William Michael Treanor
Georgetown Law Faculty Publications and Other Works
Judge Patel is known as a judge of the greatest independence and integrity, and her opinions reflect both her concern with the judicial craft and her inspiring commitment to justice and fairness. During her tenure on the Northern District of California, she has issued a series of landmark decisions: she vacated the conviction of a Japanese-American man who had resisted being placed in government internment camps during World War II; boldly declared the gas chamber to be a cruel and unusual form of punishment; ensured the integration of the San Francisco Fire Department; handed down a famous decision in the …