Sentences with phrase «over judicial independence»

EPLAW, the European Patent Lawyers Association, wrote a letter to the members of the Administrative Council expressing concern over judicial independence at the EPO.

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The three judicial laws recently passed by the National Assembly, after seven minutes of debate, will compromise the independence of the judiciary by providing the executive branch of government, via the Ministry of Justice, with control over the courts» finances, personnel and general administration.

Posts about the debate over whether law societies should accept degrees from faith - based university Trinity Western with its controversial community covenant as well as matters involving judicial appointments and independence also feature on this list.

Over the next several months, we will publish thoughtful pieces written by lawyers, judges, and others that delve into various subtopics of judicial independence, including such characteristics as fairness, impartiality, access to justice, and adherence to the rule of law.

Four retired senior judges have warned Peers that judicial independence is at risk from plans to give judges discretion over how much weight to attach to European Court of Justice decisions after Brexit.

«I am confident that, with the wealth of experience she has gained over a distinguished thirty ‑ year career, she will be a valuable addition to the Supreme Court, an institution well respected in Canada and around the world for its strength, independence, and judicial excellence,» Trudeau said in a media release Wednesday morning.

In an unprecedented move that reflects a climate of judicial concern over the BC Justice Reform initiative, the three Chief Justices of BC's courts issued a five page statement on judicial independence today.

Over the decade, the Court that became the Ontario Court of Justice had navigated its course toward the modern era of judicial leadership and administrative independence.

Judicial control over the matters [of] assignment of judges, sittings of the court, and court lists — as well as the related matters of allocation of court rooms and direction of the administrative staff engaged in carrying out these functions, has generally been considered the essential or minimum requirement for institutional or «collective» independence.»

The Chair of the Oklahoma Senate Judiciary Committee has introduced a pair of bills last week that would effectively put control over the Code of Judicial Conduct into the hands of the legislature, remove references to judicial independence found in the current Code, and require any future changes made by the Supreme Court get the approval of the legislaturJudicial Conduct into the hands of the legislature, remove references to judicial independence found in the current Code, and require any future changes made by the Supreme Court get the approval of the legislaturjudicial independence found in the current Code, and require any future changes made by the Supreme Court get the approval of the legislature first.

Those changes in 2007 led to a public complaint from the Canadian Judicial Council about the lack of consultation and concerns over the perceived independence of these committees.

A dispute over the legality of a politically questionable judicial appointment has resulted in what pundits call a stinging defeat for Canada's prime minister and a bold assertion by the Supreme Court of Canada of its independence and constitutional status.

She notes that there is no convention preventing the enactment of legislation denying the federal courts, or specifically the Supreme Court, the jurisdiction over certain types of cases, although in her view «the protection for judicial independence would be far stronger if there were a convention leading officials not even to propose, much less seriously consider, jurisdiction - stripping bills».

The fact that judges are obliged by the Criminal Justice Act 2003 to consider the social and economic background of defendants not only threatens judicial independence but also casts a concerning shadow over the criminal justice system's approach to the commission of crime.

Over the past year I've written about the Emoluments Clause; the No Religious Tests clause; limits on presidential power as defined in the steel seizure case; the meaning of the oath of office; how the Appropriations Clause constrains lawsuit settlements involving the federal government; how and whether gerrymandering by race and for partisan advantage affects constitutional rights; judicial independence; the decline and fall of the Contracts Clause; the application of Obergefell to issues of public employees and birth certificates; Article V procedure for calling a new constitutional convention; and too many First, Second, Fourth, and Fifth Amendment controversies to list.