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Justice
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Pius Nkonzo Langa serves as Chief Justice of the South
African Constitutional Court, an institution that has
made a profound impact on the rule of law of South Africa
and on the country’s transition from apartheid to
a constitutional democracy. Read
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International
Tribunal Spotlight
The World Trade Organization Dispute Settlement System.
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NEWS
AND PROGRAMMATIC HIGHLIGHTS |
ASIL
Sidebar |
Lawyers
and the Rule of Law as an Organizing Principle
The response
of lawyers and the legal profession to the sacking
of the Pakistani Supreme Court Chief Justice for
a “bad case of judicial independence”
and the subsequent imposition of emergency rule
in Pakistan underscores the significant role lawyers
play in promoting the rule of law. (Read
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IJA
Docket |
Upcoming
International Judicial Academy Events
Announcing Day-Long Seminar Program for Embassy
Officials. (Read More
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OPINIONS AND COMMENTARY |
Global
Judicial Dialogue |
Sister-court
Relationships: Advancing the Rule of Law
by Charles R. Simpson III
United States District Judge
Western District of Kentucky
Judges in many foreign countries thirst for knowledge
and information on how their own courts can be
improved, especially those that have challenged
justice systems.
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General
Principles of International Law |
Subsidiary Sources and Evidence of International
Law
The Statute of the International Court of Justice
recognizes two subsidiary means of establishing
evidence of what is and what is not a binding
international legal obligation. (Read
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Leading
Figures in International Law |
When
Robert H. Jackson
said “[it] was the supremely interesting and
important work of my life,” he was not talking
about his role in drafting the New
Deal legislation that helped the United States
rise out of the Great Depression, nor was he referring
to his service as the Solicitor General or Attorney
General of the United States, or even to his time
as an Associate Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court.
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Justice
Sector Assessment |
New Courthouse in London
is Blockbuster News
Building a new courthouse is not particularly
significant news of interest to judges and lawyers,
and building a new courthouse devoted exclusively
for business cases may rank higher up the newsworthy
ladder but not by much. (Read
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In
Review: New Publications on
International and Comparative Law |
The International
Judge
by Daniel Terris, Cesare P.R. Romano
and Leigh Swigart. Brandeis University Press.
2007
It is not often that writers and scholars have
an opportunity to author a book devoted to an
entirely new topic and to discuss a subject that
has never been written about before. However,
Daniel Terris, Cesare Romano and Leigh Swigart
have admirably seized this opportunity. (Read
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