Sentences with phrase «on judicial integrity»

According to a new paper on judicial integrity, direct campaign contributions undermine the public's confidence in the judiciary.

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This whole issue is a very bad reflection on the integrity of Nigeria judicial system.

«Its focus is on the protection of the sanctity and integrity of the judicial process,» she added, explaining that «not even [to protect] the individuals who were offended».

I question our collective judgment when it comes to child birth, treatment for hormonal imbalances, overuse of antibiotics, judicial procedure governing Central Park bicycle path violations (long story), environmental policies, energy policies, the fashionable integrity of drop - crotch pants, and the list goes on... so why not beauty?

The evaluator then produces a confidential report rating the nominee on specific criteria: integrity, professional competence, and judicial temperament.

Whether involved in the pre - or post-nomination vetting process, the hardworking members of this ABA committee have been unwavering in their focus on providing thorough, nonpartisan peer evaluations analyzing the competence, integrity and temperament of each judicial nominee.

The ABA Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary provides comprehensive evaluations to decision - makers regarding federal judicial nominees» professional competence, integrity and temperament in the effort to seat the most qualified judges.

The Canadian Judicial Council has recommended in a report to the Minister of Justice that Quebec Superior Court Justice Michel Girouard be removed from office, due to the «fatal compromise» of his integrity because of his conduct during an inquiry into what appeared to be a cocaine transaction caught on tape.

During the General Assembly on January 21, 2012 actually expressed concerns over the integrity of the judicial system, which they felt was an institution that «served the public,»

Board to evaluation appellate and district court judges on integrity, legal knowledge, communication skills, judicial temperament, administrative performance, whether the judge «participates in a proportionate share of the court's workload», and service to the legal profession and the public by participating in service - oriented efforts.

The motion was denied by the Southern District of New York and affirmed by the Second Circuit, but the Second Circuit noted that the issues raised had «considerable resonance because the fairness and integrity of the courts can be compromised by inadequate constraint on a monitor's aggressive use of judicial power.»

Kear - Jodoin J. applied correctness on the basis (at para. 11) that bias is a question of general law of central importance to the legal system — one of the Dunsmuir categories that calls for correctness review — and commented by way of explanation: «Judicial impartiality is pivotal to the integrity of our legal system» (at para. 13).

The Kentucky Judicial Campaign Conduct Committee, a non-profit, non-partisan and non-governmental body, is concerned that the ruling on contributions may undermine the integrity of judicial elections and thus damage public regard for the juJudicial Campaign Conduct Committee, a non-profit, non-partisan and non-governmental body, is concerned that the ruling on contributions may undermine the integrity of judicial elections and thus damage public regard for the jujudicial elections and thus damage public regard for the judiciary.

The ABA's independent Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary conducts extensive peer reviews of each nominee's integrity, professional competence and judicial temperament.

Judicial authorisation is an important safeguard to ensure effective protection of the rights of an incapacitated person to freedom from inhuman or degrading treatment, and to respect for their physical and moral integrity under the European Convention on Human Rights, Art 3 and Art 8.

Stare decisis is also defended on the ground that it increases the «perceived integrity of the judicial process» by promoting the appearance of the rule of law.52 When courts cavalierly overrule their own precedent, they may reduce the public's confidence in the view that judges are constrained by the principles of law they espouse.53 However, granting binding precedential value to secret opinions fails to promote the appearance of the rule of law, precisely because these opinions are secret.

Such public criticism could only have a negative impact on public confidence in the judicial system and in the moral authority and integrity of the judiciary, and thereby on the independence of the judiciary in Canada.

Perhaps I should have written it earlier, when the defendant first started to assail the integrity of various judicial officers who could not defend themselves but I did not want to interject commentary into a process that the defendant was successfully hijacking, nor did I want to give credence to his baseless attacks on the integrity of those judges.