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A Personal Journey Through the Rule of Law in the South Pacific
by W K Hastings
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationConceptually, the idea that the rule of law is maintained by an independent and impartial judiciary is not difficult to understand. In fact, we really only hear about “the rule […]
A Global Judicial News Report: November 2021
by Judicature Staff
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationVenezuela Judicial independence threatened A report by the United Nation’s Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela has raised concerns about judicial independence in the country. The […]
The Judiciary and the Rule of Law in Afghanistan
by Mehdi J. Hakimi
Judicature International (2021-22), Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving AfghanistanThe current rule of law crisis has roots in Afghanistan’s 2004 constitution, which created a flawed separation of powers system.
Leaving Afghanistan
by David F. Levi, Zohal Noori Rahiq, Susan Glazebrook, Tayeba Parsa, David Rivkin, Mark Ellis, Helena Kennedy, Allyson K. Duncan and Patricia Whalen
Judicature International (2021-22), Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving AfghanistanInternational organizations are working to evacuate Afghan women judges, who face particular peril under Taliban rule.
A Global Judicial News Report: December 2021
by Judicature Staff
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationPoland Polish lawyers use romcoms to promote judicial independence In 2017, four Polish lawyers were brainstorming ways to convince the public sector that an independent Polish judiciary was important, not […]
Judicial Selection and Judicial Independence
by Oagile Bethuel Key Dingake
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationThe process of judicial selection varies dramatically across the globe. Even countries with similar legal structures and systems might select judges in different ways. And while most scholars agree that […]
Postcard from Hamm, Germany: Q&A with Judge Julia Dhom
by Julia Dhom
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationIn Judicature International’s Postcard Series, judges from around the world answer a series of questions about the structure of their court, challenges they face, unique experiences, and interactions on the bench. This […]
Postcard from Jacksonville: Q&A with Judge Virginia Baker Norton
by Virginia Baker Norton
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationIn Judicature International’s Postcard Series, judges from around the world answer a series of questions about the structure of their court, challenges they face, unique experiences, and interactions on the bench. […]
A Global Judicial News Report: February 2022
by Judicature Staff
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationAfghanistan Afghan women judges continue to face evacuation challenges New reports on the Afghanistan crisis — the topic of a roundtable discussion in last month’s edition — further detail the […]
A Global Judicial News Report: March 2022
by Judicature Staff
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationPICTURED ABOVE: BRIGHT SUNFLOWERS IN UKRAINE (GETTY IMAGES SIGNATURE) Ukraine As Russia continues its violent assault on Ukraine, judiciaries around the world are issuing statements in solidarity and to demand […]
A Global Judicial News Report: April 2022
by Judicature Staff
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationPICTURED ABOVE: EXTERIOR OF THE SUPREME COURT OF PAKISTAN (GETTY IMAGES SIGNATURE) Hong Kong Two Justices of the United Kingdom have withdrawn from Hong Kong’s final court of appeal, citing […]
Walking Back Human Rights in Europe?
by Erik Voeten and Laurence R. Helfer
Vol. 106 No. 1 (2022), Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationIn Walking Back Human Rights in Europe? (published in the European Journal of International Law, Vol. 31 No. 3, 2020), scholars LAURENCE R. HELFER and ERIK VOETEN examined minority opinions of the European Court of Human Rights […]
Ebb and Flow
by David Collins and Laurence R. Helfer
Vol. 106 No. 1 (2022), Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationIn their article, Human Rights in Europe? (European Journal of international law, Vol. 31 No. 3 (2020)), LAURENCE R. HELFER, the Harry R. Chadwick, Sr. Professor of Law at Duke University, and ERIK VOETEN, the […]
How Technology is Changing Justice in China
by Zhiyu Li, Benjamin Chen and Shitong Qiao
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationIn their article How Will Technology Change the Face of Chinese Justice? (Columbia Journal of Asian Law, 2020), Professor Zhiyu Li of Durham Law School and Professor Benjamin Chen of […]
A Global Judicial News Report: June 2022
by Grady S. MacPhee
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationPICTURED ABOVE: EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT (GETTY IMAGES SIGNATURE) Afghanistan The British government refused entry to an Afghan judge who worked with British and American forces to prosecute terrorists captured in Afghanistan. The British […]
A Global Judicial News Report: July 2022
by Grady S. MacPhee
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationPICTURED ABOVE: INSIDE THE SUPREME COURT OF ISRAEL (WIKIMEDIA COMMONS; PHOTO CREDIT ANTHONY BARATIER) Hong Kong Concerns are growing in Hong Kong’s legal community about the deterioration of judicial independence and the […]
Designing Constitutions for a Lasting Democracy
by Elisabeth Perham and Donald L. Horowitz
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationDonald L. Horowitz, a leading expert in constitutional law, talks with Elisabeth Perham about what it takes to craft a successful modern-day constitution.
Postcard from Seoul, Korea: Q&A with Judge Seo Yoon Lee
by Seo Yoon Lee
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationIn Judicature International’s Postcard Series, judges from around the world answer a series of questions about the structure of their court, challenges they face, unique experiences, and interactions on the bench. This […]
Postcard from Bonn, Germany: Q&A with Judge Marc Eumann
by Marc Eumann
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationIn  Judicature International’s Postcard Series, judges from around the world answer a series of questions about the structure of their court, challenges they face, unique experiences, and interactions on the bench. […]
A Global Comparison of Judicial Discipline Mechanisms
by Zhuozhen Duan
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationJudicial accountability is a sensitive topic because a disciplinary system may be subject to political pressure and can negatively impact judicial independence. Furthermore, because judiciaries in developed democracies tend to […]
A Global Judicial News Report: August 2022
by Grady S. MacPhee
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationPICTURED ABOVE: INSIDE THE CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF SOUTH AFRICA (FLIKR; PHOTO CREDIT HARVEY BARRISON) Ireland🇮🇪 Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Maynooth University released a study finding that some Irish […]
A Global Judicial News Report: September 2022
by Judicature Staff
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationPICTURED ABOVE: MAIN GATE AT THE SUPREME COURT OF KENYA (GETTY IMAGES SIGNATURE) Kiribati 🇰🇮 Kiribati’s Court of Appeal upheld orders from the chief justice to withdraw deportation orders placed […]
Artificial Justice: The Quandary of AI in the Courtroom
by Paul W. Grimm, Maura R. Grossman, Mireille Hildebrandt and Sabine Gless
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationArtificial intelligence is here, and it’s everywhere. The technology is so pervasive, in fact, that it now hides in plain sight — in our cars and on our coffee tables. […]
A Global Judicial News Report: October 2022
by Grady S. MacPhee
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationFind a summary of news and headlines related to courts, judiciaries, and the rule of law from around the world in October 2022.
Toward Recognizing an International Human Right to Claim Innocence
by Brandon Garrett, Laurence R. Helfer, Mark Godsey, Luca Lupà ria and Jayne Huckerby
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationIn the last decade, nations have begun to formally recognize an individual’s right — at any time — to raise post-conviction claims of factual innocence. Despite the recognition at the state level, no international human rights instrument fully recognizes the right to assert one’s claim of innocence.
A Global Judicial News Report: November/December 2022
by Grady S. MacPhee
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationAfghanistan 🇦🇫 Afghanistan’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, issued an order directing judges to fully enforce sharia law. A Taliban spokesperson tweeted that Akhundzada ordered judges to implement hudud and qisas — aspects of […]
Postcard from Cincinnati, Ohio: Q&A with Judge Stephanie K. Bowman
by Stephanie K. Bowman
Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publicationIn Judicature International’s Postcard Series, judges from around the world answer a series of questions about the structure of their court, challenges they face, unique experiences, and interactions on the bench. […]