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relationships between a country’s inclusion of lay people as legal decision-makers and its political characteristics. We find robust, statistically significant correlations between the presence of lay ... evidence that service as lay judges has raised civic engagement and political awareness; they express hope that it is contributing to better functioning of the democratic system of government.20 The
the 1990s during a remarkable period of increased government transparency and political reform.1 Similarly, Spain’s modern jury institution was launched at the end of Franco’s dictatorship.2 Likewise ... Political Experiment, in JURIES, LAY JUDGES, AND MIXED COURTS: A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE 237, 248–51 (Sanja Kutnjak Ivković, Shari Seidman Diamond, Valerie P. Hans & Nancy Marder, eds., 2021) (describing the
judicial system but also a political one.6 I conducted many interviews with jurors after their verdicts, and I often asked them: “Why did you come to the court?” Most of these former jurors answered with ... words to the effect of: “We are responsible not only to the parties in this case but also to our society.” This made me see the political meaning of the jury system. The jury system is an important pillar
, at 155; Thomas Zittel, Participatory Democracy and Participation, in PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION: CAN PARTICIPATORY ENGINEERING BRING CITIZENS 198 CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW ... . Participatory democrats have applied their theories to a range of institutions engaged in “‘political activity’ in a very wide sense of that term,”13 including the justice system. 14 These theories have also
, at 155; Thomas Zittel, Participatory Democracy and Participation, in PARTICIPATORY DEMOCRACY AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION: CAN PARTICIPATORY ENGINEERING BRING CITIZENS 198 CHICAGO-KENT LAW REVIEW ... . Participatory democrats have applied their theories to a range of institutions engaged in “‘political activity’ in a very wide sense of that term,”13 including the justice system. 14 These theories have also
been allowed in Chinese courtrooms for * China University of Political Science and Law. This article is supported by China National Social Science Fund (Grant number 21BFX070). The author is grateful ... Regions and Liberated Areas19 because its purpose was “more than a kind of mechanism to solve disputes, it also played an important role in class struggle, in political party struggle, and in national
been allowed in Chinese courtrooms for * China University of Political Science and Law. This article is supported by China National Social Science Fund (Grant number 21BFX070). The author is grateful ... Regions and Liberated Areas19 because its purpose was “more than a kind of mechanism to solve disputes, it also played an important role in class struggle, in political party struggle, and in national
economic, social, or political patterns that may indicate a crisis more generally. In addition, courts’ providing routine data on how jury systems operate, who serves on juries, and the decisions juries ... . Parks, The Jury Sunshine Project: Jury Selection Data as a Political Issue, 2018 U. ILL L. REV. 1407, 1416–1422 (2018) (describing the limits of existing record-keeping on jury selection and the efforts
economic, social, or political patterns that may indicate a crisis more generally. In addition, courts’ providing routine data on how jury systems operate, who serves on juries, and the decisions juries ... . Parks, The Jury Sunshine Project: Jury Selection Data as a Political Issue, 2018 U. ILL L. REV. 1407, 1416–1422 (2018) (describing the limits of existing record-keeping on jury selection and the efforts
Hasen considers through the lens of Justice Scalia’s opinions the role that views of the political process play, at least rhetorically, in how Supreme Court Justices decide cases. It focuses on Justice ... about. Whenever a society adopts racial entitlements, it is very difficult to get out of them through the normal political processes. . . . . . . . Even the name of it is wonderful: The Voting Rights Act
Political Philosophy versus Political Theor Case of R awls y: The Stephen M. Griffin 0 0 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by Scholarly Commons @ IIT Chicago-Kent College of ... .-Kent L. Rev. 691 (1994). Available at: https://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview/vol69/iss3/6 - Chicago-Kent Law Article 6 POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY VERSUS POLITICAL THEORY: THE CASE OF RAWLS
at: http://scholarship.kentlaw.iit.edu/cklawreview/vol91/iss2/5 - CAUSATION, COUNTERFACTUALS AND PROBABILITIES IN PHILOSOPHY AND LEGAL THINKING FLORENCE G’SELL1 Determining whether the law could
both civil and criminal jury trials.171 3. The Strengths of a Legislative Approach One advantage of a legislative approach is that legislators respond to political pressure and deadlines. With AB 3070 ... , there was political support to address discrimination during jury selection and there was a fastapproaching deadline——the end of the 2019-2020 legislative session. In California at that time, there was a
both civil and criminal jury trials.171 3. The Strengths of a Legislative Approach One advantage of a legislative approach is that legislators respond to political pressure and deadlines. With AB 3070 ... , there was political support to address discrimination during jury selection and there was a fastapproaching deadline——the end of the 2019-2020 legislative session. In California at that time, there was a
disparities is a problem for not only the Arab world but also the West. Several Arab countries have witnessed large waves of immigration to the West due to conflict and political or economic breakdown. In the
controversial political activities audit program funded by the former conservative federal government. It identifies three distorting ideas about charity—that charity can be understood as a tax expenditure
degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Studies. Authors’ contributions ACG performed all the analyses described in the manuscript. CFW supervised the work and drafted the initial manuscript. All authors
public support, oversight of taxation concessions and anti-terrorist funding measures, were a second order to red tape reduction in the political narrative. Without the support of minor parties in the ... until a new Commonwealth government decided to introduce a broad-based goods and services tax (“GST”) in 1999 that red tape was placed back on to the political agenda. Charities faced the transition from
hearings, including jury trials. Virtual technology is only going to expand across all areas of social and political life. Now is the time to ask empirical and normative questions about its effective use in
hearings, including jury trials. Virtual technology is only going to expand across all areas of social and political life. Now is the time to ask empirical and normative questions about its effective use in
