Procedural Rulemaking under the Judicial Councils Reform and Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980

Cognitive Loafing, Social Conformity, and Judicial Review of Agency Rulemaking

First Steps to Judicial Reform

Defeasibility in Judicial Opinion: Logical or Procedural?

While defeasibility in legal reasoning has been the subject of recent scholarship, it has yet to be studied in the context of judicial opinion. Yet, being subject to appeal, judicial decisions can default for a variety of reasons. Prakken (2001) argued that the defeasibility affecting reasoning involved in adversarial legal argumentation is best analysed as procedural rather than logical. In th...

The UNCAC and judicial corruption : Requirements and avenues for reform

Nations Convention against Corruption (UNCAC). Where it does not exist, pliant prosecutors, judges, and court staff may ignore criminal acts of corruption or have them improperly dismissed. Biased appointments, promotions, and disciplinary processes mean that justice sector staff may be ill-equipped to handle complex cases, including those involving corruption. The UNCAC's unique provisions for...

The FCC, Cable TV, and Visions of Valhalla: Judicial Scrutiny of Complex Rulemaking and Institutional Competence