To illustrate how specialist courts have developed to manage juvenile offenders, this paper provides an overview of the history and development of the youth court in one jurisdiction, South Australia. Drawing on interviews conducted with judicial officers, the paper seeks to highlight some of the changes that have taken place since the Court’s inception, as well as how the Court currently under...

This study aims to analyze the quality of lightings in the indoor badminton courts in Taichung, Taiwan. The study was conducted on-site and illuminance values were analyzed. A digital illuminance meter and handheld distance meter were used as the main measuring tools. Data was collected and analyzed by SPSS for 11.0. The results show that Guoguang Badminton Court has reached the “leisure” grade...

People suffering from mental illness are increasingly referred to the domestic violence court. Yet the typical diversion programs available, including batterer's intervention programs, are inappropriate for those with serious mental illness. As a result, the Miami-Dade Domestic Violence Court has developed a new approach for dealing with this population that applies mental health court techniqu...

INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204 R I. DEMOGRAPHICS OF MARRIAGE AND PARENTHOOD IN 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206 R II. STRUCTURE AND CULTURE OF FAMILY COURT . . . . . . . . . . 208 R A. History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...

The current research details interviews with 50 victims and 50 defendants who participated in a specialized criminal domestic violence court in Lexington County, South Carolina. These victims and defendants indicated satisfaction with their court experiences, thought the process allowed them to voice their views, felt they were treated with respect, and were generally satisfied with the outcome...

Introduction I. The Case for Capacity A. Clarity B. Consistency C. Checks and Balances D. Summary II. Proposal to Expand Court Capacity A. Expand the Court 1. Size 2. Implementation B. Adopt Panel Decisionmaking C. Retain Limited En Banc Review III. Proposal Pros and Cons A. Potential Benefits 1. Credible Threat of Review 2. Entry and Exit 3. Court Composition 4. Court Cohesion 5. Judicial Educ...

the european court lifted the italian ban on pre-implantation diagnostics (pgd). as such the court accepted pgd as a generally accepted means for medically assisted procreation, which may have consequences for other member states prohibiting pgd.

Previous studies suggest a significant role of language in the court room, yet none has identified a definitive correlation between vocal characteristics and court outcomes. This paper demonstrates that voice-based snap judgments based solely on the introductory sentence of lawyers arguing in front of the Supreme Court of the United States predict outcomes in the Court. In this study, participa...

The U.S. Supreme Court considered an appeal by the defendant, General Electric Co., in a products liability action. The appeal resulted from the ruling by the Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit that overturned the district court's exclusion of evidence of cancer causation. The Supreme Court held that questions of the admissibility of such evidence are reviewable under the same standard--...

Progressive reformers envisioned a therapeutic juvenile court that made individualized treatment decisions in the child's "best interests." The Supreme Court's Gault decision provided the impetus for transforming the juvenile court from an informal welfare agency into a scaled-down criminal court. Since Gault, the juvenile court procedures increasingly resemble those of adult courts, although i...