• Understanding to what extent judicial independence is adhered to in various jurisdictions requires a theoretical framework of what the principle entails. On a preliminary analysis, the principle can be said to require the following: judicial systems must be free, in fact and appearance, from any undue influence that might prevent judges from adjudicating legal disputes solely on the basis of ...

The devotion of the legal security principle as basis for constitutional judge's work is a new tendency to address response idea security. circle this completed serve all executive, legislative and judicial authorities. Since branch required by norms legislation in its industry, are source reference However, assurance legislature not achieved unless it clear inconsistent. Legal those who clearl...

The appointment in 1953 of Earl Warren as Chief Justice of the United States marked the beginning of a new era in the development of constitutional law. In the ensuing years changes of vast dimension and historic impact have taken place. Few men are better qualified to assess the significance of the decisions of the Warren Court than Archibald Cox, student of law, teacher of law and, from 1961 ...

We need to set priorities for conservation because we cannot do everything, everywhere, at the same time. We determined priority areas for investment in threat abatement actions, in both a cost-effective and spatially and temporally explicit way, for the threatened mammals of the world. Our analysis presents the first fine-resolution prioritization analysis for mammals at a global scale that ac...

The initial context of this research – judicial cooperation with regard to consistency in sentencing This dissertation is part of a research project in which the phenomenon of judicial cooperation in several areas of the law has been taken as a starting point. The concept of judicial cooperation describes informal structures and products thereof of judicial policymaking for the purpose of the s...

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

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...