A fresh chapter, that is chapter XXIA on ‘Plea Bargaining', has been introduced in the Criminal Procedure Code. It was introduced through the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2005, which was passed by the parliament. This has certainly changed the look of the Indian Criminal Justice System. Some...

Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Restorative Justice are regarded as the two major theoretical foundations or justifications for problem-solving courts such as drug courts, community courts, domestic violence courts, and mental health courts. In recent years, these problem-solving courts have...

This article comments on the recent Kravica judgment of the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina, which relates to the mass execution of over 1,000 Bosniaks after the fall of Srebrenica. The judgment relies extensively on the case law of the ad hoc tribunals, at times contributing towards its...

This note analyzes a case issued by the Navajo Nation Supreme Court, Means v. District Court of the Chinle Judicial District (1999), which concerned Russell Means, noted Indian activist and actor. The note specifically focuses on the Navajo Supreme Court's use of the Navajo Common Law concept of...

In TC Heartland v. Kraft Foods, the United States Supreme Court construed the venue provision in the patent statute, limiting the filing of lawsuits against defendant corporations to the districts in which they are incorporated. Chief Justice Roberts' opinion ostensibly frames the issue as one...

Attacking Judges is the most comprehensive empirical assessment of judicial elections to date, right as judicial elections are under fevered criticism, and judicial campaign spending and attack advertising reach historical highs. Attacking Judges purports to debunk criticism of judicial...

The Insolvency Monitor is a pioneer initiative from the Núcleo de Estudos de Processos de Insolvência - NEPI (Research Center of Insolvency Proceedings) of PUCSP (the Catholic University of São Paulo) and the Associação Brasileira de Jurimetria – ABJ (Brazilian Association of...

In this special report, Knoll and Mason discuss how the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court should apply Wynne when it hears on remand First Marblehead v. Commissioner of Revenue. The authors conclude that when it originally heard the case, the Massachusetts court mistakenly considered, as part...