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A Global Judicial News Report: December 2021
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 […]
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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.
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Justice Jackson’s Persistent Post-Nuremberg Legacy
Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving AfghanistanJustice Jackson’s post-Nuremberg legacy — his “dispassionate approach” to criminal procedure — continues to shape modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence.
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Last living Nuremberg Trial prosecutor recalls his work on the Einsatzgruppen Trial
by Benjamin Ferencz and Michael P. Scharf
Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving AfghanistanDuring the Nuremberg Trials, Ferencz served as a principal trial lawyer for the U.S., working under chief prosecutors Justice Robert Jackson and Telford Taylor.
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Judicature goes global
Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving AfghanistanJudicature has launched an international edition online for judges around the world. Judicature International, at judicature.duke.edu/intl, will publish commentary, scholarship, empirical research, opinion, and other content exploring issues of common concern to […]
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A Global Judicial News Report: November 2021
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 […]
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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 […]
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Developing Civil Procedure Rules for European Courts
Vol. 100 No. 2 (2016) | A Judge in Public LifeELI is the European Law Institute. Its Secretariat is based in Vienna, Austria; its members include judges, lawyers, law professors, ministry of justice officials, and law firms from the European […]
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Honoring the 2020 & 2021 Recipients of the Bolch Prize
by David F. Levi, Dikgang Moseneke and Margaret H. Marshall
Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial IndependenceThe Bolch Judicial Institute at Duke Law School honored the 2020 and 2021 recipients of the Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law during a virtual program hosted by PBS […]
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Judicial Independence: Threats Foreign and Domestic
by David F. Levi, Nathan Hecht, Suzanne Spaulding, Rodney Acker and Allyson K. Duncan
Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial IndependenceJudicial Independence has so long been a pillar of American government that perhaps it was at one time taken for granted. The idea that politicians would intimidate judges, that judges […]