In the past 20 years, there have been dramatic changes in crime, public opinions of crime and the criminal justice system, and subsequently changes in...
When it opened in 1995, New York City’s Midtown Community Court was an innovative departure from the traditional court system. By mid-2010, approximat...
In this paper, I wish to analyse the role of the so-called ‘rule of law’ in a democratic political system. By ‘rule of law’ I will understand simply t...
The article aims to answer the question, what distinguishes the management of courts in the United States of America from the management of other orga...
Ponencia presentada en el II Encuentro Interamericano: Red del Programa de Formación de Capacitadores para la Reforma Procesal Penal, Colombia 14 de ...
Our central question is: Under what circumstances can we expect a theoretically informed and reproducible measure of judicial independence de jure to ...
This paper argues that many of the challenges faced by Latin American democracies today and the long term implications of those challenges for democra...
In light of the decentralization process now under way in Latin America, this paper seeks to address the direction of local government in the region. ...
Reseña:The rule of law is increasingly considered to be a necessary condition for the development of a market economy and a successful democracy. The ...
The impetus for this article was frustration with the current judicial appointments process. Both sides claim that their candidates are the “most meri...
Third party litigation funding, or litigation finance, is a new industry composed of institutional investors who invest in litigation by providing fin...
This article seeks to contribute to drug treatment court discourse by analyzing drug treatment court practices from the perspective of a criminal defe...
By looking beyond the individual to families and social supports, corrections officers can help improve public safety and other outcomes. This guide d...
This article examines states’ decisions to commit to human rights treaties. It argues that the effect of a treaty on a state—and hence the state’s wil...
This Issue in Brief from the State Sentencing and Corrections Program describes the strategies employed by some corrections officials that could be mo...
This paper examines the validity of Augusto Pinochet’s amnesty decree in Chile, asserting that it violates the nation’s international treaty obligatio...
These rules shall govern the arbitration, except that, where any of these Rules is in conflict with a provision of the law applicable to the arbitrati...