This monograph details the Multnomah County (Portland, OR) District Attorney’s community prosecution unit and provides statistical data to support the...
Ever since the promulgation of the Constitution in 1917, the right to vote in Mexico has been understood legally as a privilege for certain citizens, ...
Although a substantial body of research suggests that the discretion of actors in the criminal justice system is important, there is disagreement in t...
The frequent gap between de jure and de facto arrangements within South American judicial systems suggest that an institutional focus is not enough to...
Two studies test the hypothesis that trust, neutrality, and standing influence procedural justice because of their relation to resource motives as wel...
Corruption is a serious threat to democracy. It weakens and eventually destroys the moral foundation of the political system. By altering the notion ...
The focus of this paper is the experience of countries that have made changes to the public prosecutor’s office as part of procedure system reforms. I...
Sexual Assault Nurse Examiners (SANEs) are specialists in one of the most well-known fields within the arena of forensic nursing. However, many SANEs ...
This document addresses just the traditional pretrial diversion and specialty treatment court programs that do not require a guilty plea as the price ...
The Rule of Law phrase has been a slogan used for many political purposes. In this document, the author will group into three categories all or at lea...
The following document examines the strengthening of one of these “disaggregated spheres of authority” (in the phrase of James Rosenau), one of the a...
This paper will focus on the rule of law principles underlying the right to a fair trial, especiallythe role of an independent judiciary. Following a ...
This report by the secretary general addresses the issues and models related to transitional justice and justice reforms in post-conflict societies. T...
Does the fact that the Constitution is law tell us anything about the proper method of interpreting it or in any way constrain the sorts of interpreta...
The Rule of Law concept according to the author, can be interpreted in different ways. The three contributions in the document reflect this diversity ...
Frequent references to the Rule of Law make it appear that there is generalagreement about what the Rule of Law is, what precisely it entails, and how...
Ponencia presentada durante la Séptima Conferencia Anual sobre Derecho y Políticas Públicas en las Américas, Creando un Consenso para la Reforma de la...
In May 1999, with support from the Japan-Friendship Commission, the Mansfield Center for Pacific Affairs co-sponsored with the Global Forum in Japan a...