international courts

Rau on Primary Jurisdiction

August 17, 2010 12:00

Alan Scott Rau has posted Understanding (and Misunderstanding) "Primary Jurisdiction" to SSRN. Abstract: In our “Westphalian” regime of international arbitration, conflict and competition between national jurisdictions, with overlapping and yet plausible claims to supervise the process, become ine...

Grimmel on the Legacy of Rationalism in the European Court of Justice

August 04, 2010 12:00

Andreas Grimmel (Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies (CES); Harvard University; University of Hamburg) has posted "Judicial Interpretation or Judicial Activism?: The Legacy of Rationalism in the Studies of the European Court of Justice" on SSRN. The abstract states:...

Varghese on Comparative Evaluation of Judicial Appointment Processes

June 24, 2010 15:19

Professor John Varghese (Government Law College, Kozhikode) has posted "Judicial Appointments--The Domain Game" on SSRN. The abstract states: The judicial appointments and the say of higher judiciary in finding the suitable candidates for filling up vacancies in higher judiciary has...

Michael Bohlander on Recruitment of ICC Judges

May 26, 2010 20:03

Professor Michael Bohlander (Durham Law School) has posted "Pride & Prejudice or Sense and Sensibility? A Pragmatic Proposal for the Recruitment of Judges at the ICC and Other International Criminal Courts" on SSRN. It is published in the New Criminal...

Gelinas on Judicial Independence in Canada

May 05, 2010 11:00

Professor Fabien Gelinas (McGill University) has posted "Judicial Independence in Canada: A Critical Overview" on SSRN. It will be published in "Judicial Independence in Transition -- Strengthening the Rule of Law in the OSCE Region," Anja Seibert-Fohr, ed. (Max Planck...