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Corruption Court Bill in Deliberations (Dec. 17, 2008) by Constance Johnson
Indonesia's Corruption Court was established under a law promulgated in 2002; that law was ruled unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court in 2006. Since December 2006, work ...
Topic: Courts
Jurisdiction: Indonesia
High Court Judges Selected by Lottery (Nov. 04, 2008) by Constance Johnson
On October 29, 2008, Ecuador selected judges to serve on a temporary Supreme Court of Justice by means of a lottery. The procedure selected 21 of ...
Topic: Courts
Jurisdiction: Ecuador
Bill on Establishment of Financial Crimes Court (Jul. 02, 2008) by Wendy Zeldin
It was reported on May 12, 2008, that Nigeria's Senate would approve the establishment of a special court for financial crimes, through the enactment of the ...
Topic: Courts
Jurisdiction: Nigeria
Refusal to Appoint Non-Muslims to Judiciary (Jul. 02, 2008) by Issam Saliba
On June 17, 2008, the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates, a consultative body, held a closed session that the media was not allowed ...
Topic: Courts
Jurisdiction: United Arab Emirates
Congress Passes Judicial Reform Bill (May. 02, 2008) by Gustavo Guerra
The Mexican Senate recently passed a bill authorizing several judicial reforms, including the use of recorded telephone conversations as evidence with consent; the guarantee of the ...
Topic: Courts
Jurisdiction: Mexico
International Criminal Court Statute Ratified (Apr. 02, 2008) by Constance Johnson
On March 14, 2008, Madagascar deposited its instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute, the instrument that establishes the International Criminal Court, with that court in ...
Topic: Courts
Jurisdiction: International Criminal Court / Madagascar
New President of Federal Supreme Court (Apr. 02, 2008) by Eduardo Soares
On March 12, 2008, Justice Gilmar Mendes was elected to preside over the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court for the next two years and Justice Cezar Peluso ...
Topic: Courts
Jurisdiction: Brazil
Supreme People's Court 2008 Work Report Delivered (Apr. 02, 2008) by Laney Zhang
On March 10, 2008, Xiao Yang, President and Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court of China (SPC) delivered the 2008 SPC Work Report to the ...
Topic: Courts
Jurisdiction: China
Supreme Court Stayed High Court Judgment (Mar. 02, 2008) by Shameema Rahman
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court allowed the caretaker government of Bangladesh to file an appeal against the High Court's February 6, 2008 judgment on ...
Topic: Courts
Jurisdiction: Bangladesh
Contempt of Court Ordinance Approved (Mar. 02, 2008) by Shameema Rahman
On March 3, the Council of Advisers of the caretaker government of Bangladesh approved a draft law, the Contempt of Court Ordinance 2008, which is intended ...
Topic: Courts
Jurisdiction: Bangladesh
Criminal Justice System (Feb. 02, 2008) by Hanibal Goitom
Seven months after his appointment as Chief Justice of Swaziland, Richard Banda acknowledged the existence of "too much corruption" in the country's judiciary. Speaking about the ...
Topic: Courts
Jurisdiction: Swaziland
Judicial Code Enters into Force (Feb. 02, 2008) by Peter Roudik
On January 1, 2008, the Judicial Code, which was passed by the Armenian legislature on April 28, 2007, entered into force. For the first time, a ...
Topic: Courts
Jurisdiction: Armenia
Early Retirement and Removal of Judges from the Judiciary (Feb. 02, 2008) by Theresa Papademetriou
Under the Greek Constitution, judges are appointed for life, with a mandatory retirement age of 65 for all judges up to the rank of Court of ...
Topic: Courts
Jurisdiction: Greece
Lawyers' Fury Scares Judges (Jan. 02, 2008) by Krishan Nehra
On November 30, 2006, irate members of the Bangladesh Supreme Court Bar stormed the courtroom of the Chief Justice of Bangladesh to protest his issuance of ...
Topic: Courts
Jurisdiction: Bangladesh
Order Curtails Supreme Court Powers (Jan. 02, 2008) by Krishan Nehra
On December 4, 2007, the Supreme Court of Pakistan refused to entertain a petition against amendments made to the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority Ordinance (PEMRA), ...
Topic: Courts
Jurisdiction: Pakistan
Proving Foreign Law (Nov. 02, 2007) by Edith Palmer
In a recent decision, the Austrian Administrative Courts reiterated that the parties in administrative proceedings may have an obligation to prove foreign law, if finding the ...
Topic: Courts
Jurisdiction: Austria
Law of Civil Procedure Amended (Nov. 02, 2007) by Wendy Zeldin
On October 28, 2007, the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress passed amendments to China's Law of Civil Procedure, the first revision of the law ...
Topic: Courts
Jurisdiction: China
Last updated: 12/17/2008