The Jail Information Model is a new process designed to cultivate jail-based information about internal and external safety and security issues, and t...
Elected county officials have unique oversight of and responsibility for the local criminal justice and social services systems. This allows them to c...
This paper analyzes strategies for implementing judicial information systems in the context of judicial reform.Information is a key tool in decision-m...
This paper provides a model of judicial education and training. The model is constructedfrom an assessment of the application of educational theory an...
In the lead-up to the 2008 presidential election, the American BarAssociation (ABA), among others, called upon the next president toreform the federal...
The notion that judges should apply a problem-solving approach to the matters that come before them is not new. Mental health practitioners, for examp...
We discuss the relationship between principles of rule of law, such as due process, and transitional justice, especially truth revelation procedures. ...
In this paper we study the extent to which decisions by the Spanish Constitutional Court are explained by political variables. Our theory proposes tha...
Under what circumstances do courts act in ways that challenge the political hegemony of the military in countries with weak democratic institutions? T...
In this article the author maintains that transferring responsibilities to the judicial branch without ensuring the appropriate balance of power may l...
A scientific approach to the analysis of corruption is anecessary requirement in the fight against any social ill.Corruption is no exception. Systemic...
Although it has been suggested that“[o]nly mothers are divinely capable of judiciously using theappearance of impropriety to judge someone” and that “...
Utah judges are required to comply with ethical standards found in Utah’s Code of Judicial Conduct. The purpose of this article is to summarize Utah’s...
By arguing that certain constitutional reforms in a series of Latin American countries since the beginning of the 1990s have enabled the judiciary to ...
Reseña:This Article argues against the conventional wisdom aboutnonpartisan judicial elections. In contrast to the claims of policy advocatesand the s...
Reseña:Do legal institutions that limit governmental power promote order in democracies? Although the worldwide rule of law project predicates its ref...
Reseña:This teaching module was developed by the Federal Judicial Center to supportjudges and court staff who want to speak to various groups about th...