Law → Judiciary
UN Sustainable Development Goals
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The judiciary is the system of courts that adjudicates legal disputes/disagreements and interprets, defends, and applies the law in legal cases.
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Organizations relating to Judiciary
African Jurists' Association / Dakar, Senegal / Est. 1979
European Judges and Prosecutors Association / Est. 2004
Conference of Constitutional Jurisdictions of Africa / Algiers, Algeria / Est. 2011
World Association of Judges / Est. 1966
Southern African Judges Commission / Braamfontein, South Africa / Est. 2003
Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences / Vatican City, Vatican / Est. 1994
Southeast European Prosecutors Advisory Group / Bucharest, Romania / Est. 2003
Federación Latinoamericana de Magistrados / Lima, Peru / Est. 1977
Red Latinoamericana de Jueces / Belo Horizonte, Brazil / Est. 2006
European Judicial Network in Civil and Commercial Matters / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 2001
European Union Forum of Judges for the Environment / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 2004
World Peace Posse / Toronto ON, Canada
International Foundation for the Rule of Law and the Independence of Lawyers and Judges / Rome, Italy
World Federation of International Juridical Institutions / Est. 1948
Judicial Tribunal of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries / Safat, Kuwait / Est. 1978
Inter-American Juridical Committee / Rio de Janeiro, Brazil / Est. 1939
Internationaal Juridisch Instituut / The Hague, Netherlands / Est. 1918
Colloque judiciaire
Convention Concerning Courts Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgements in Civil and Commercial Matters / Est. 1968
Protocol Concerning the Adhesion of States Not Represented at the Third Conference on Private International Law to the Convention of June 12 1902, Relating to the Settlement of the Conflicts of Laws and Jurisdictions as Regards Divorce and Separation / Est. 1923
Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law and Recognition of Decrees Relating to Adoptions / The Hague, Netherlands / Est. 1965
Convention Relating to the Settlement of the Conflict of Laws and Jurisdictions as Regards to Divorce and Separation / Est. 1902
International Convention on Certain Rules Concerning Civil Jurisdiction in Matters of Collision / Est. 1952
Inter-American Convention on Personality and Capacity of Juridical Persons in Private International Law / Washington DC, USA / Est. 1984
Protocol Embodying a Declaration Concerning the Juridical Personality of Foreign Companies / Est. 1936
Convention Respecting Conditions of Residence and Business and Jurisdiction / Est. 1923
Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Cooperation in Respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children / The Hague, Netherlands / Est. 1996
International Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules Relating to Penal Jurisdiction in Matters of Collision or other Incidents of Navigation / Est. 1952
Convention sur la compétence du for contractuel en cas de vente à caractère international d'objets mobiliers corporels / The Hague, Netherlands / Est. 1958
Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgements in Civil and Commercial Matters / Est. 1988
Declaration on the Juridical Personality of Foreign Companies / Est. 1936
Agreement Relating to Writs and Letters of Request / Est. 1952
Convention on the Service Abroad of Judicial and Extrajudicial Documents in Civil or Commercial Matters / The Hague, Netherlands / Est. 1965
Inter-American Convention on Jurisdiction in the International Sphere for the Extraterritorial Validity of Foreign Judgments / Washington DC, USA / Est. 1984
General Act of Conciliation, Arbitration and Judicial Settlement / Est. 1929
Agreement on the Judicial Acts of Aliens / Est. 1911
Espace judiciaire européen
Centre international pour les magistrats 'L Severini' / Est. 1954
Committee of African Magistrates
Commonwealth Association of Human Rights Judges
Congrès juridique international des sociétés par actions et des sociétés coopératives
Groupe européen pour la coopération judiciaire
Comisión Latinoamericana de Acción Juridica
Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters / Est. 2007
Institut d'études juridiques européennes Fernand Dehousse / Liège, Belgium
Benelux Court of Justice / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 1974
Commonwealth Judicial Education Institute / Halifax NS, Canada / Est. 1994
Association of the Councils of State and Supreme Administrative Jurisdictions of the European Union / Brussels, Belgium / Est. 1998
Consultative Council of European Judges / Strasbourg, France / Est. 2000
Commonwealth Judicial Human Rights Association / London, UK / Est. 1991
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World Problems relating to Judiciary
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialUnfair contests
Capital punishment
Government sanctioned killing
Psychological barriers to the judicial protection of individual rights
Closeted politicians
Geographic discrimination in the administration of justice
Extrajudicial courts and tribunals
Jurisdictional conflict and antagonism among the specialized agencies of the United Nations
Jurisdictional conflict and antagonism among international nongovernmental organizations
Discrimination against juveniles in judicial proceedings due to protective legislation
Abuse of state immunity
Prohibitive cost of linguistic interpretation in legal proceedings
Economic discrimination in the administration of justice
State sanctioned torture
Racial disparities in criminal convictions
Closed channels of dialogue with the judiciary
Lack of impartiality of the judiciary
Excessive leniency in sentencing of offenders
Political corruption of the judiciary
Government refusal to accept the jurisdiction of international courts of justice
Unethical practices in the legal system
Inefficiencies of federalism among states
Action Strategies relating to Judiciary
From the Encyclopedia of World Problems and Human PotentialSettling international disputes
Using multi-disciplinary approaches to common property regimes
Ensuring independence of the judiciary
Ensuring sustainable use of marine living resources under national jurisdiction
Twinning communities
Issuing effective judicial remedy
Enabling procedural alternatives in judicial process
Empowering judiciary
Dismissing grounds for judicial appeal
Raising legal questions
Reformulating basis for judicial deliberation
Determining content of appeal procedures
Upholding judicial power
Changing judicial guidelines
Determining judiciary
Supporting judicial decisions
Imposing context for judicial procedure
Providing new contexts for reviewing judicial decisions
Reformulating judicial principles
Providing review arena for decisions
Evaluating judicial procedures
Exposing reductionism of judicial procedures
Concretizing context of judicial decision-making
Providing rational framework for arbitration
Maintaining judicial procedure
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