State of Exception and Judicial Power

Is It a Judicial Exception

The question of what is patentable subject matter is one that may be easy to answer in theory but which can pose significant hurdles in practice. As detailed in the Guidelines, this question is answered through a two-ste p process that begins with deciding whether or not a claim is directed to a law of nature, a natural phenomenon, or an abstract idea (for simplicity, these shall be collectivel...

Malapportionment and Judicial Power

Introduction of the State Committee for Judicial Investigations of Belarus

The establishment of political relations between Belarus and Iran is more than 20 years ago. Although Belarus is an Eastern European country, many parts of its forensic system (the State Committee for Judicial Investigations of Belarus) are not unlike the current process of the Forensic Medicine Organization in Iran. Therefore, in this article, in order to acquaint our forensic physicions with ...

State of Exception and Impasse Dynamics

Thousands of troops are currently being deployed in Italian cities. They patrol alongside state and paramilitary police and guard “sensitive sites”. Military forces are able to stop, search and identify suspects. With the explicit intent to help police fight crime, boost security and curb illegal immigration, these new measures have been enacted through an emergency decree issued in May 2008 by...

Cycles of judicial and executive power in irregular migration

This article argues that power struggles between judiciaries and executives are fuelled by tensions of securitisation, border control and human rights over the issue of irregular migration. The article juxtaposes three paradigm court cases to render the argument concrete, focusing on two Australian High Court decisions (M70 v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship and CPCF v. Minister for Imm...