OBJECTIVE: COVID-19 has impacted many facets of daily life and the legal system is no exception. Legal scholars have hypothesized that effects pandemic may contribute to more coercive plea bargains (Cannon, 2020; Johnson, 2020). In this study, we explored defense attorneys' perceptions whether how process changed during pandemic. HYPOTHESES: This study was exploratory, made a priori hypotheses....

I read Jung and Reidenberg’s article, Physicians Being Deceived , several times, and each time I had a different reaction to it. While I respect the authors and their efforts to tackle tough issues relating to the use of controlled substances to treat pain, Jung and Reidenberg’s article troubles me because it oversimplifies critical issues. As discussed below, I believe the authors’ oversimplif...

As a part of criminal justice system, the prosecutor's office has authority to implement court decisions against convicted convicts whose case been terminated and there are no further legal remedies so that decision permanent force, which in verdict contains punishment. The duties as executor borne by prosecutors regulated article 1 point Law No. 16 2004 concerning Prosecution that, "Prosecutor...

The process of constitutional revision can be observed from two standpoints: the first refers to elements procedure for amending constitution; second calls a review subject matter contained in Act Constitution. This paper discusses legitimacy Constitution and new solutions aimed at changing provisions on election judges public prosecutors, as well judicial councils Republic Serbia.

To understand the essence of transformations in Prosecutor’s Office Russian Empire that took place as a result Judicial Reform 1864, it is necessary to clarify legal situation and actual role during pre-reform period. In this regard, paper analyzes functions were assigned before Reform. The author explains relationships between prosecutors attorneys-scriveners provincial administration shows th...

Most legal systems are based on the premise that defendants are treated as innocent until proven guilty and that decisions will be unbiased and solely based on the facts of the case. The validity of this assumption has been questioned for cases involving racial minority members, in that racial bias among jury members may influence jury decisions. The current research shows that legal profession...

Unelected officials with coercive powers (e.g., police, prosecutors, bureaucrats) vary markedly in the extent to which citizens view their actions as legitimate. We explore the institutional determinants of legitimate authority in the context of a public goods laboratory experiment. In the experiment, an “authority” can target one “citizen” for punishment following citizen contribution choices....