Despite its complexities, a survey released this passed week by the Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) identified Hong Kong as
the best judiciary system in Asia.
Not exact matches
««It's also
good within the
system, to have the checks and balances with the
judiciary and anywhere in the executive branch.»
Chair of the Bar Council's Equality & Diversity Committee, Robin Allen QC, said: «It is critical to the public's confidence in our justice
system that the
judiciary is representative of the communities it serves, whilst drawing on the
best talent the legal profession can offer.
Among the concerns voiced in the article are worries about a «quota
system», having «the
best people for the job», «too much emphasis on gender» and potentially «breed [ing] contempt for the
judiciary.»
Improve training for police, Crown, and
judiciary to
better respond to sexual assault, having regard to the unique nature of sexual assault and the myths and stereotypes about sexual assault, in order to repair survivors» relationship with the criminal justice
system and encourage reporting.
Connie Crosby: your last comments really worry me, to wit: «But equally pernicious are behaviours which are more difficult to prove, but lead to feelings of aggravation on the part of opposing counsel, clients and the
judiciary, as
well as increased costs, delays and frustration in the legal
system.»
If we in the
judiciary do not have the authority, and indeed the responsibility, to right fundamental wrongs left excused by a majority of the electorate, our whole intricate, constitutional
system of checks and balances, as
well as the oaths to which we swore, prove to be nothing but shams.
If Social Security numbers aren't supposed to be in there, then saying, «
Well, that's why we don't put in on Google» is nuts because a transparent
judiciary is just absolutely key to the functioning of our democracy, and a transparent
judiciary is absolutely key to the mechanics of our legal
system.
And the
best guardians we know of for the rule of law or an open court
system and an independent
judiciary and an independent Bar, I think that if lawmageddon happens, the risk is that lawyers lose relevance and credibility.
However, it is important to note that these are high prestige appointments,
well funded and operating within a criminal justice
system that has high volumes of guilty pleas and low levels of sentencing discretion by the
judiciary.
IAALS Executive Director Rebecca Love Kourlis told WDRB that the type of
system Nemes proposes — which puts merit over a judge's ability to win an election — tends to result in fewer disciplinary issues and more diversity on the bench as
well as increased public trust and confidence in the
judiciary.
My next step in the following weeks will be to begin work on organizing a forum on the issue to be held at Emory University School of Law, to which I will invite by publication invitation members of the statewide
judiciary and criminal justice
system, as
well as representatives of low income minority churches and groups, and the general public.
Moreover, setting Oklahoma apart from other neutral citation pioneers, the
judiciary staff applied neutral citations retrospectively to all prior decisions rendered during the print era, placed copies of them online as
well, and encouraged but did not require that they also be cited by the new
system.