The conversation about Supreme Court reform—as important as it is—has obscured another, equally conversation: the need for lower federal court reform. U.S. Courts of Appeals, in particular, have not seen their ranks grow over three decades. Even then, those additions were stopgap measures built on an appellate triage system that had outsourced much its work to non-judicial decisionmakers (centr...

Abstract Working Group III of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law has embarked a mandate to reform investor-State dispute settlement (ISDS), through identifying set concerns that merit multilateral procedural reform. In response, EU proposed creating standing investment court. Despite importance justice theory in domestic legal systems, its value as resource international r...

The recent Supreme Court decision of Queensland v B [2008] 2 Qd R 562 has significant implications for the law that governs consent and abortions. The judgment purports to extend the ratio of Secretary, Department of Health and Community Services (NT) v JWB and SMB (1992) 175 CLR 218 (Marion's Case) and impose a requirement of court approval for terminations of pregnancy for minors who are not ...

The Supreme Court decision on school desegregation 25 years ago-Brown v. Board o f ~ducatio-ushered in an era in which the law courts have carried an ever-growing share of the burden of social reform and policy change in this country. Even though several current members of the Supreme Court were appointed as "strict constructionists," and think of themselves as not in the business of setting so...

A field experiment tested the effect of an Arizona civil jury reform that allows jurors to discuss evidence among themselves during the trial. Judges, jurors, attorneys, and litigants completed questionnaires in trials randomly assigned to either a Trial Discussions condition, in which jurors were permitted to discuss the evidence during trial, or a No Discussions condition, in which jurors wer...

The mass publicity of court decisions in China, this article argues, is part the larger trend Chinese judiciary becoming increasingly centralized. transparency reform enables Supreme People’s Court to control information reporting process within judicial hierarchy and rein local courts through public scrutiny. Interestingly, responded strategically, making disclosure far poorer than required. M...

The computer forensic discipline was established around 2000 in mainland China, which was further developed along with Chinese judicial appraisal system in 2005. This paper introduces the reformation of computer forensic legal system in mainland China, the general concept of computer forensic legal system, the management of computer judicial experts, the management of computer judicial expertis...

Winners and losers of elections have different stakes in protecting democratic institutions. We provide new evidence for the effects partisanship economic performance on support checks balances acceptance their infringement. Using survey data from 26 European countries, we show that voters who feel close to a political party lost significantly more than other citizens. also find higher satisfac...

The paper deals with the implementation of international standards for protection individual rights in criminal proceedings consolidated decisions judicial and quasi-judicial intergovernmental human bodies. author gives a characteristic main stages interaction legal system Russian Federation standards, perceived through practice ECHR. examines features execution ECHR acts after withdrew from Co...

OBJECTIVE Tort reform may affect health insurance premiums both by reducing medical malpractice premiums and by reducing the extent of defensive medicine. The objective of this study is to estimate the effects of noneconomic damage caps on the premiums for employer-sponsored health insurance. DATA SOURCES/STUDY SETTING Employer premium data and plan/establishment characteristics were obtained...