Impartiality in court proceedings

Involuntary hospitalization – German court proceedings 1992–2005

Background An overview of compulsory admission and civil commitment in Germany is presented. Legal, administrative, and methodological aspects are described. The expiry of compulsory admission or retention in a closed psychiatric ward is not strictly identical to legal commitment. In Germany, civil commitment (a form of guardianship) is regulated on a nationwide basis. Public commitment (throug...

Against Impartiality

People often identify justice with impartiality. This reflects reality: many who experience injustice complain of biased treatment. But whether bias is objectionable depends on a prior commitment to an ideal of nondomination. I advance this claim by reference to impartiality arguments defended by Brian Barry and Amartya Sen. Then I sketch a historical account of impartialist ventures that shows...

Uncivil Procedure: How State Court Proceedings Perpetuate Inequality

The Challenges of E- Proceedings in Iran

With the development of information and communication technology, the need for the plaintiffs and the use of paper has decreased in the process of proceedings, but this type of trial has many legal and executive challenges. The present research in purpose view, applied and in terms of methodology is descriptive-analytic which seeks to analyze the legal and enforcement challenges of electronic j...

Message Impartiality in Social Media Discussions

Discourse on social media platforms is often plagued by acute polarization, with different camps promoting different perspectives on the issue at hand—compare, for example, the differences in the liberal and conservative discourse on the U.S. immigration debate. A large body of research has studied this phenomenon by focusing on the affiliation of groups and individuals. We propose a new finer-...