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Judges are not required to give an entire account of their rationale behind decisions, and are shielded against public scrutiny and protected from legal repercussions. However judicial accountability can reinforce judicial independence as it could show that judges have proper reasons and rationales for arriving at a particular decision.
The central question of The Nature of the Judicial Process is how judges should decide cases. Cardozo's answer is that judges should do what they have always done in the Anglo-American legal tradition, namely, follow and apply the law in easy cases, and make new law in hard cases by balancing competing considerations, including the paramount value of social welfare.
The Supreme Court Building houses the Supreme Court of the United States, the highest court in the federal judiciary of the United States.. The judiciary (also known as the judicial system, judicature, judicial branch, judiciative branch, and court or judiciary system) is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law in legal cases.
A strong society needs good judges, the justice told the audience of hundreds who filled the courtroom and the court halls outside to watch the ceremony. "Municipal court judges are probably the ...
Through this plan, judges at the circuit courts are selected by a five-person commission of lawyers, lay people appointed by the governor and the Chief Judge of the Missouri Court of Appeals ...
Judicial activism is a judicial philosophy holding that courts can and should go beyond the applicable law to consider broader societal implications of their decisions. It is sometimes used as an antonym of judicial restraint. [1]
The custom and practice of the legal profession is an important part of people's access to justice, whilst civil society is a term used to refer to the social institutions, communities and partnerships that form law's political basis.
Opinion: Let’s learn a lesson from sports in our country and respect people (like judges) who have the job of making sure people play by the rules. Opinion: Let’s learn a lesson from sports in ...