international courts

Sheyn on Jury Trials in Ukraine

January 28, 2010 14:40

Elizabeth R. Sheyn has posted "A Foothold for Real Democracy in Eastern Europe: How Instituting Jury Trials in Ukraine Can Bring About Meaningful Governmental and Juridical Reforms and Can Help Spread These Reforms Across Eastern Europe" on SSRN. The article...

Parau on Judicial Independence in Post-Communist Eastern Europe

January 23, 2010 14:52

Christina E. Parau (University of Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies) has posted "Beyond Judicial Independence? What Kind of Judiciary is Emerging in Post-Communist Eastern Europe?" on SSRN. The abstract states: The judiciary is a high-impact institution which affects social well-being...

New rules of Civil Procedure for Ontario courts

January 13, 2010 12:46

While those of us in the U.S. have been wringing our hands over the procedural reforms that both the Rules drafters and the Supreme Court have handed us over the past few years, our neighbors to the north have been...

Dyevre on European Integration and National Courts

December 21, 2009 12:00

Arthur Dyevre (CEPC) has posted "European Integration and National Courts--A Strategic Analysis of Judicial Behaviour" on SSRN in the Working Paper Series. The abstract states: The present paper looks at the jurisprudence of national courts on the European law doctrines...

The UK's New Supreme Court

December 12, 2009 19:21

This past October, Britain's new Supreme Court kicked off its first term. In the past, the UK's highest court was a group of "law lords" who were actually part of Parliament. However, beginning on October 1, 2009, under the Constitutional...