Sentences with phrase «judicial reform»

There is a need for serious judicial reform regarding pro se litigants in our federal judiciary.

«We have seen nothing from this legislative body that would indicate they are serious about judicial reform,» she said.

Other eye - catching announcements last week included plans to create more opportunities for salaried part - time judges in the higher courts as part of a raft of judicial reforms confirmed by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ).

Prof. Stéphanie Balme of the Centre for International Studies («CERI») of Sciences Po Paris who joined the conference via Skype, presented her assessment on China's judicial reforms for the past 35 years.

The European Union on Wednesday urged the Romanian parliament to reconsider recent judicial reforms, which critics say weaken judicial independence.

Peter Griffiths worked with the Canadian Bar Association on judicial reform projects in Jamaica.The Court's judges have become active educators at the international level as part of NJI education projects in other countries.

«The big news in Albania,» says Besnik Duraj, Partner at Drakopoulos, «not just in the legal market, but in the social and economic areas as well, is the ongoing struggle with judicial reform.»

The full text of Dory Reiling's PhD dissertation and book, Technology for Justice: How Information Technology Can Support Judicial Reform, is now available here.

After that, another presenter Prof. Yongjun Li of the School of Law of Jilin University discussed the theoretical problems behind China's current judicial reform.

In addition to serving as a consultant and trainer on numerous projects in the United States, his international experience includes rule - of - law and judicial reform projects in the Balkans, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.

He has also been quite vocal in his calls on the province's judiciary to engage constructively in the B.C. government's ongoing judicial reform initiatives rather than just stand for the status quo.

It offers international organizations, development agencies, technical legal assistance providers and local reformers a reliable means to target judicial reform programs and monitor progress toward establishing more accountable, effective and independent judiciaries.

Congress should do the right thing and enact judicial reform to protect pro se litigants from discrimination and intimidation in the courts.

In addition the Speaker filed several placeholder bills (i.e. titles but no text): HB 3074 (Court Improvement Act of 2014), HB 3075 (Judicial Reform Act of 2014), and HB 3076 (Judicial Revision Act of 2014).

The governor also neglected to circle either «support» or «oppose» on questions of judicial reform, saying he wants to work with the Legislature and other «stakeholders» to simplify a complicated system.

BRUSSELS (Reuters)- The European Union on Wednesday urged the Romanian parliament to reconsider recent judicial reforms, which critics say weaken judicial independence.

This week, the North Carolina Senate created the new Senate Select Committee on Judicial Reform and Redistricting to consider various options for how the state selects judges.

Panel four, chaired by Prof. Susan Trevaskes, offered a general discussion about judicial reforms in China.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) applauded today's announcement that the United States has reached an agreement with Colombia on labor and judicial reforms that will help clear the path toward congressional approval of the U.S. — Colombia Free Trade Agreement.

Major issues during the 2015 legislative session included a severance tax on shale gas, pension reforms, liquor privatization, and judicial reforms.

Onnoghen, who had served in acting capacity for four months, had his appointment confirmed by the Bukola Saraki - led Senate after series of questions which bordered on independence of the judiciary, judicial reforms, corruption in the Judiciary as well as disobedience of Court orders.

Major issues in the 2014 legislative session included tax cuts, the budget, prison funding, employee compensation, and judicial reform.

Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Enugu State, Dr. Ben Nwoye, has accused Foreign Affairs Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, and Special Adviser to the President on Judicial Reform, Juliet Ibekaku, of masterminding his invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

Visitors included Van Minh Le, justice of the Supreme People's Court of Vietnam, which is its highest court; Huy Doc Hoang, vice chair of the Vietnam Bar Federation; Van Tuan Nguyen, head of the International Private Law Division, Department of International Law, Ministry of Justice; and Xuan Town Trinh of the Judicial Reform Central Committee of Vietnam, Kindlon said.

In emerging democracies and transitioning states throughout the world, the Judicial Reform Index is an innovative tool developed by the ABA Rule of Law Initiative to assess states» judicial reform and judicial independence.

The Coalition is dedicated to working for legal and judicial reforms to make the system more family friendly.

In our blog posts, we'll be discussing the application of feminist philosophy to legal practice, the promise (and disappointment) of tort law, the new frontier of family law for queers, the slow but safe progress of human rights law, prospects for judicial reform, and how to enable young law students to be respectable, awesome, feminist lawyers themselves, amongst other hot topics.

He organized and directed ACLI's class action, state tort / judicial reform, insurer legal privileges, arbitration and insurance anti-fraud legislative reform efforts.

Many of Woody Mosten's cutting edge ideas in the first edition — unbundling, mediation in the courts, and the lawyer's role in representing clients — were ground - breaking foundations for statutory and judicial reforms and changing family law practices nationally and internationally.

He has published numerous books and articles on Constitutional Law, International Law, Criminal Law, History and Theory of Law, Judicial Reform and Legal Education.

Judicial reform, a critical pillar of Afghanistan's reconstruction, has made little progress owing to the dysfunctional legal education system among other factors.

He has advised on a number of projects funded by the World Bank and USAID regarding judicial reform, human rights, democracy and legal education in Latin America.

In June of 1985, the Judicial Reform Committee (now the Judicial Administration Committee) of the Judicial Conference of Indiana undertook the task of developing child support guidelines for use by Indiana judges.

She is a member of HiiL's Measuring Justice team and works on topics related to the rule of law, judicial reform, access to justice, legal empowerment and dispute resolution processes (in fragile and conflict - affected states in addition to stable and developed democracies).

Panelist, «The Challenge of Judicial Reform — Case Studies from the States, Rethinking Strategies for Judicial Selection Reform,» Cumberland Law School (February 24, 2006)