International

Justice Robert Jackson at the Nuremberg Trials

Justice Jackson’s Persistent Post-Nuremberg Legacy

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Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving Afghanistan

Justice Jackson’s post-Nuremberg legacy — his “dispassionate approach” to criminal procedure — continues to shape modern Fourth Amendment jurisprudence.

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Benjamin Ferencz at the Einsatzgruppen Trial

Last living Nuremberg Trial prosecutor recalls his work on the Einsatzgruppen Trial

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Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving Afghanistan

During 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

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Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving Afghanistan

Judicature 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: December 2021

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Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publication

Poland 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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Evacuation at Hamid Karzai International Airport

The Judiciary and the Rule of Law in Afghanistan

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Judicature International (2021-22), Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving Afghanistan

The current rule of law crisis has roots in Afghanistan’s 2004 constitution, which created a flawed separation of powers system.

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Leaving Afghanistan

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Judicature International (2021-22), Vol. 105 No. 3 (2021) | Leaving Afghanistan

International organizations are working to evacuate Afghan women judges, who face particular peril under Taliban rule.

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A Global Judicial News Report: November 2021

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Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publication

Venezuela 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

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Judicature International (2021-22) | An online-only publication

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 […]

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Scales of Justice

Developing Civil Procedure Rules for European Courts

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Vol. 100 No. 2 (2016) | A Judge in Public Life

ELI 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

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Vol. 105 No. 2 (2021) | Judicial Independence

The 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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