Sentences with phrase «on judicial discipline»

(4) Two Prague professors (at Charles University) just posted this interesting study on judicial discipline in the Czech Republic:

Not exact matches

But the concerns cited above show why it is important that judicial decisions be disciplined, based on sources of law other than the judge's own view of political morality.

True, there are stated procedures to discipline an erring judge; and in fairness, the National Judicial Council (NJC) has latterly gone on the offensive to discipline some of such judges.

Based on mixed results to date, disputes over the extent to which educational officials can discipline students for misbehavior involving the internet that does not originate in school or on school computers and servers, is one that is likely to receive increased judicial attention.

The way in which the Trial Chamber reacted to Alternate Judge Sow's decision to make a public statement on the Taylor Trial; the exclusion of his statement from the official transcript of the hearing; and the recent information suggesting irregularities in the process which the SCSL judges invoked to discipline their judicial colleague for alleged misconduct all underscore the need for greater transparency on this issue than we have so far received from the SCSL.

Texas: bill removes power of State Commission on Judicial Conduct to discipline judges who refuse to follow federal court rulings; claims state judges have free speech right to refuse to obey federal court rulings

Boing Boing refers to a post on the Lowering the Bar blog that says that judge has been disciplined for that by the state Commission on Judicial Performance.

In this class of cases, we think the rule of action which should govern the civil courts, founded in a broad and sound view of the relations of church and state under our system of laws, and supported by a preponderating weight of judicial authority, is that whenever the questions of discipline or of faith or ecclesiastical rule, custom, or law have been decided by the highest of these church judicatories to which the matter has been carried, the legal tribunals must accept such decisions as final and as binding on them in their application to the case before them.

The Divisional Court upheld the Law Society Appeal Panel in holding that the judicial proceedings, in which Groia was not a party, were not binding on Groia in the discipline hearing.

Frequently appears as prosecution counsel and defence counsel for colleges of regulated professionals before discipline committees and on appeal or judicial review in the courts;

A denial of judicial immunity to Judge Bamberger will put every judge in Kentucky under the threat of KBA discipline sanctions if they acted on representations made by the attorneys or parties who appeared before them.

Loss of the standard of correctness gives rise to the potential loss of the «judicial self - discipline» advocated by Justice Iacobucci [xiii]-- eliminating the separate category of correctness may actually weaken judges» mental focus on deference under reasonableness.

Whether disciplinary action is appropriate, and the degree of discipline, should be determined through a reasonable application of the text and should depend on such factors as the seriousness of the improper activity, the intent of the judge, whether there is a pattern of improper activity, and the effect of the improper activity on others or on the judicial system.

The Code of Judicial Conduct provides that, although such opinions are not per se binding on the Judicial Conduct Board, the Court of Judicial Discipline, or the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, action taken in reliance thereon shall be considered in determining whether discipline should be recommended or imposed.

Rambo's article notes that «surprisingly, most of the state and federal courts deciding judicial discipline cases based on extrajudicial speech have not addressed the constitutionality of the code provisions involved.»