Document drafting is an essential component of judicial problem solving. This paper distinguishes several classes of judicial documents based on (1) the stage of the judicial process in which they are created, (2) the complexity of the documents, and (3) the party who drafts the documents: a judge, judicial support personnel, or a litigant. Three approaches to automated document drafting are id...

Recent empirical scholarship that shows that judges decide cases in a manner that is consistent with their political biases has motivated a stream of proposals for reform, including judicial term limits, limitations on judicial review of statutes and agency actions, revision of the judicial appointments process, and mandatory mixed party representation on judicial panels. However, these proposa...

The computer forensic discipline was established around 2000 in mainland China, which was further developed along with Chinese judicial appraisal system in 2005. This paper introduces the reformation of computer forensic legal system in mainland China, the general concept of computer forensic legal system, the management of computer judicial experts, the management of computer judicial expertis...

The Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution has been the foundation for judicial rulings against discriminatory laws affecting racial minorities, women, and other groups. However, it has had only limited application in mental health law, even though individuals with mental disorders have been subjected to long-standing discrimination in many contexts. In the pres...

The judiciary needs to be independent of outside influence, particularly from political and economic powers. But judicial independence does not mean that judges and court officials should have free rein to behave as they please. Indeed, judicial independence is founded on public trust, and to maintain it, judges must uphold the highest standards of integrity. This chapter focuses on the account...

This thesis examines the factors that influence perceptions of judicial corruption. A statistical analysis using data from such sources as Transparency International, the World Bank, and Freedom House demonstrates that aspects of accountability (the ability to remove judges) and transparency (freedom of the press) are only weakly related to perceptions of judicial corruption. A systematic count...

The mantra of ‘take back control’ has become a staple eurosceptics across the European Union. At centre slogan's message is call to arms against (perceived) challenge that EU membership represents for national sovereignty. In this paper, we theorize supranational decisions taken by Court Justice can increase ‘polity scepticism’ – increased opposition and decreased satisfaction with democracy cu...