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Showing 1 to 20 of 236 for “"Judiciary"”.
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Constitutional origins of the federal judiciary.
… half-century between 1891 and 1939, the federal judiciary underwent its first complete reorganization since the First Congress passed the Judiciary Act of 1789. The result was rapid growth in the independence, extent, and power of federal courts. Congress first furnished the federal judiciary …
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The Texas Judiciary, Problems and Suggestions for Reform
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Judging Judges: The Impeachment of Federal Judiciary Members
There are many facets of impeachment that warrant examination. The impeachment inquiries of individual presidents and federal judges have all been studied in depth, but one aspect of impeachment still remains fundamentally unexplored: Under what circumstances will the House of Representatives vote …
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Appellate Recruitment Patterns in the Higher British Judiciary: 1850 - 1990
… of appellate promotion in the senior judiciary of Great Britain . It describes the population and attributes of judges who served in the British High Courts, Court of Appeal, and Appellate Committee of the House of Lords (i.e., Law Lords) from 1850 to 1990. It specifically builds upon …
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The interest of the state: a view from the judiciary
The problem of this research study was to analyze decisions of the Supreme Court regarding expressions of The State's interest in education. The study focused on decisions of the Supreme Court which have been based on the Constitutional guarantee of freedom of speech involving elementary and …
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Automating Accountability Mechanisms in the Judiciary System using Large Language Models
Holding the judicial system accountable often demands extensive effort from auditors who must meticulously sift through numerous disorganized legal case files to detect patterns of bias and systemic errors. For example, the high-profile investigation into the Curtis Flowers case took nine reporters …
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The indepedence of the judiciary and the challenge of political interference:a Zambian perspective
… attempting to undermine the independence of the Judiciary. This very cardinal feature of the Rule of Law has in certain instances been sidelined in preference to political beliefs and party ideologies since independence.The undermining of the concept of independence of the Judiciary is the focal …
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Roads to the rule of law : the emergence of an independent judiciary in contemporary Egypt
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Political Science, 1995.
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Civil rights legislation and the Senate Judiciary Committee, 1957 through 1968: a study in representation
… on the representative nature of the Senate Judiciary Committee in relation to the Senate as a whole. Three definitions of representation (descriptive, symbolic and instrumental) were used in order to assess the degree to which the Senate Judiciary Committee represented the Senate in the area …
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The Politicization of the American Judiciary: Practical and Theoretical Consequences of a Partisan Supreme Court
The Federalist Society, acting as a Political Epistemic Network, has effectively employed a long-term strategy to engineer a Supreme Court that propagates conservative legal ideology. The organizational structure of the Federalist Society finds, recruits, and retain members who will wield the …
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Management of review cases by the judiciary : the impact and implications on overcrowding in Malawi prisions
Includes bibliographical references.
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The independence of the judiciary in a multi-Party state: Zambia as a case study(1990-2003)
… and civil society have raised concern that judiciary is not independent as it is compromised. They allege that despite the country reverting to multiparty political system, some members of the bench are partisan and are there to serve the interests of the ruling party.Conversely, the members …
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An assessment of the recordkeeping functionalities of the Namibian Court Information System (NAMCIS) at the Office of the Judiciary
… Region employee cohort of the Office of the Judiciary. Non probability purposive sampling was used to select four (4) IT personnel, six (6) chief legal clerks, fourteen (14) court clerks, seven (7) magistrates, and nine (9) prosecutors. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews, …
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The Inefficiency of the Judiciary and Alternative Forms of Social Control: A Case Study of Rental Contracts in Brazil
The main purpose of this study is to analyze how institutions, the legal system among them, affect the economic performance of a country. Specifically, a malfunctioning legal system creates uncertainties that might hamper the completion of new transactions, particularly those involving previously …
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Examining the role of the legislature and judiciary in the context of Traditional and Religious Personal and Family Systems in South Africa
… paper addresses the role the legislature and the judiciary play in protecting the rights to culture and freedom of religion in the context of traditional and personal law systems. The argument is that they have not. The paper first focuses on the historical context in which the right to culture …
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The liability in delict of judges for wrongs committed in the course of judicial proceedings : an historical analysis of the relative immunity of the South African judiciary
… in South African law: the civil liability of the judiciary for wrongs committed in the course of judicial proceedings. More particularly, the thesis examines to what extent a South African judicial officer may be held liable in delict for infringing the proprietary or personality rights of another …
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