The experience of working as returning officer (RO), assistant returning officer (ARO), presiding officer (PO) and revising authority (RA) during past four important elections has made me to learn a lot about the role of the judge during general elections activity (for returning the candidates...

In this brief Article, I explore the growing empirical evidence in support of the public choice model of judicial decision making. Although legal scholars have traditionally been reluctant to engage in a critical inquiry into the role of judicial self-interest on judicial behavior, recent...

The conventional wisdom among many legal scholars is that judicial independence can best be achieved with an appointive judiciary; judicial elections turn judges into politicians, threatening judicial autonomy. Yet the original supporters of judicial elections successfully eliminated the...

To say that law firms and lawyers are restricted by the norm of client choice does not mean they are not without options in structuring their relationships in ways that may affect their positions as opposing parties should litigation or disputes develop because of breakups and lawyer mobility....

Many U.S. law firms now claim to be global organizations, and they seek to occupy the same high status everywhere they work. In part, simply supporting overseas offices is an indication of status for U.S.-based firms. But firms want more than this and they strive for recognition as elite...

How have India's Supreme Court judges behaved towards minorities detained under anti-terror laws? Do judges make distinctions between the religious and political affiliations of the accused in anti-terror cases? If so, why, and under what conditions? The paper investigates these questions...

The issue of what judges may say (or write) when they are not on the bench is an important one, but one that is rarely considered in Ireland. This article looks at recent occasions where extrajudicial speech has been the subject of public comment in Ireland. It then examines case law from other...

Collaborative law practice represents the newest development in alternative dispute resolution in family law practice. At present, few mechanisms are in place to regulate or standardize collaborative practice. There are an astounding variety of agreements that are called "collaborative law"...

In the civil justice system, judges engage in case management and settlement promotion more than they do in trial and judgment. Despite the importance of judges’ role in settlement, its empirical depiction and jurisprudential theorization are lacking. This gap likely results from a key...

In the 21st century, the judiciary throughout Europe is subject to intensified globalization processes. Research shows that the impact of globalization phenomena on Polish courts is very small, and the globalization awareness of judges and court employees is very modest. International law,...