Archive: July 2024
Biblical Judgments: An Interview with Justice Daphne Barak-Erez of the Supreme Court of Israel
What can Sodom and Gomorrah tell us about the tyranny of the majority? What can we learn about due process from King Solomon’s attempts to “split the baby”? And why does it matter that the only practicing judge in the Bible was a woman? […]
Ukraine’s Supreme Court: Upholding Justice Amid War
February 24 marks two years since Russia’s large-scale invasion of Ukraine, the largest attack on a European country since World War II. Despite frequent air alerts and missile attacks, Ukraine’s […]
Ukraine’s Supreme Court: Born Amid Crisis, Now Under Siege
While Ukraine’s highest court has existed for more than a century, its current structure was constitutionally and legally established less than a decade ago. […]
A Global Judicial News Report: September 2022
PICTURED 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 […]
A Global Comparison of Judicial Discipline Mechanisms
Judicial 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 […]
Postcard from Seoul, Korea: Q&A with Judge Seo Yoon Lee
In 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 […]
How Technology is Changing Justice in China
In 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 […]
Walking Back Human Rights in Europe?
In 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 […]
Judicial Selection and Judicial Independence
The 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 […]
A Personal Journey Through the Rule of Law in the South Pacific
Conceptually, 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 […]