This Essay focuses on one aspect of the work of the European Court, that of judicial protection of the individual, an area where it appears that the Court has taken steps towards the creation of a common law for Europe, or ius commune. JUDICIAL PROTECTION OF THE INDIVIDUAL BY THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE

Abstract This contribution addresses conventionality control in its double dimension, encompassing international law and constitutional law. It focuses on the comparative methodological issues when equating Inter-American European systems of protection human rights, taking into account progressive “Europeanization” former’s case Then, it critically examines question judicial authority domestic ...

INTRODUCTION Hanging is one of the most commonly used way to commit suicide in many countries. This method used in suicide is considered a problem in Iran too, but no clear data exists regarding hanging in different regions or the country as a whole. Because of the epidemiologic differences in non-judicial hanging in different regions, this study aimed to assess it in Gilan province, Iran betwe...

The Gudjonsson Suggestibility Scale (GSS; Gudjonsson, 1984) was introduced as a tool for identifying suspects who are at risk of making false confessions. High GSSscores indicate a greater risk of making false confessions. Recently, some authors have claimed that low GSSscores can be used to support the credibility of recovered memories. This new application broadens the use of the GSS in two w...

Interest in the possible relationship between economic freedom and economic growth has burgeoned in recent years and most studies have found economic freedom to be conducive to economic growth. Yet, economic freedom is a broad concept that includes very different aspects. The rule of law is a precondition for a high degree of economic freedom. In this paper, it is therefore asked whether it can...

hy a new edition of The Nature of the Judicial Process? Presumably because in the world of law, Benjamin Cardozo still rocks, and his opinions and writings still send worthwhile messages as we near the 100th anniversary of his election to the bench. All law students and many academics continue to wrestle with a number of his common law opinions. Just this year Professor Lawrence Cunningham devo...

This research paper aims to evaluate to what extent the service delivery processes can be improved in the Judicial Service Domain, in particular for developing countries. This report evaluates existing service delivery processes to identify drawbacks with them. It then proposes an improved Judicial Service Domain by incorporating the i* modelling framework into existing organisational model of ...

In this paper we present ongoing work on speech recognition for the judicial domain, performed in the European project JUMAS (Judicial management for digital library semantics.) The specific challenges for courtroom speech recognition are discussed, and the development of speech recognition systems for Italian and Polish are described. The results achieved on the target domain are presented and...

EU institutions and member governments are committed to realising judicial cooperation as part of a strategy to guarantee and sustain security in the EU: the freedom, security and justice agenda. The three elements clash both in terms of their prioritisation, their mutual compatibility and their feasibility. The phrase judicial cooperation evokes ideals of value-free, neutral cooperation design...