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Diversity Matters

Author : Susan B. Haire
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813937191
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book Diversity Matters written by Susan B. Haire and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2015-05-19 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until President Jimmy Carter launched an effort to diversify the lower federal courts, the U.S. courts of appeals had been composed almost entirely of white males. But by 2008, over a quarter of sitting judges were women and 15 percent were African American or Hispanic. Underlying the argument made by administration officials for a diverse federal judiciary has been the expectation that the presence of women and minorities will ensure that the policy of the courts will reflect the experiences of a diverse population. Yet until now, scholarly studies have offered only limited support for the expectation that judges’ race, ethnicity, or gender impacts their decision making on the bench. In Diversity Matters, Susan B. Haire and Laura P. Moyer employ innovative new methods of analysis to offer a fresh examination of the effects of diversity on the many facets of decision making in the federal appellate courts. Drawing on oral histories and data on appellate decisions through 2008, the authors’ analyses demonstrate that diversity on the bench affects not only individual judges’ choices but also the overall character and quality of judicial deliberation and decisions. Looking forward, the authors anticipate the ways in which these process effects will become more pronounced as a result of the highly diverse Obama appointment cohort.

Debating Judicial Appointments in an Age of Diversity

Author : Graham Gee
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315400049
Total Pages : 332 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book Debating Judicial Appointments in an Age of Diversity written by Graham Gee and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 332 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What should be the primary goals of a judicial appointments system, and how much weight should be placed on diversity in particular? Why is achieving a diverse judiciary across the UK taking so long? Is it time for positive action? What role should the current judiciary play in the appointment of our future judges? There is broad agreement within the UK and other common law countries that diversity raises important questions for a legal system and its officials, but much less agreement about the full implications of recognising diversity as an important goal of the judicial appointments regime. Opinions differ, for example, on the methods, forms, timing and motivations for judicial diversity. To mark the tenth anniversary of the creation of the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) in England and Wales, this collection includes contributions from current and retired judges, civil servants, practitioners, current and former commissioners on the JAC and leading academics from Australia, Canada, South Africa and across the UK. Together they provide timely and authoritative insights into past, current and future debates on the search for diversity in judicial appointments. Topics discussed include the role and responsibility of independent appointment bodies; assessments of the JAC’s first ten years; appointments to the UK Supreme Court; the pace of change; definitions of ‘merit’ and ‘diversity’; mandatory retirement ages; the use of ceiling quotas; and the appropriate role of judges and politicians in the appointments process.

Judicial Independence in Context

Author : Adam Dodek
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781552211953
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (119 download)

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Download or read book Judicial Independence in Context written by Adam Dodek and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judicial Independence in Context is a collection of essays by leading scholars, lawyers, and judges that examines both the theory and practice of judicial independence in Canada and around the world. Contributors assess the legacy of the Supreme Court of Canada's controversial landmark decision in the Provincial Judges Reference while other essays address the need for institutional reform in Canada outside the salary remuneration setting in the areas of court administration and judicial appointments. The book also examines linkages between judicial independence and other issues such as diversity, social context education for judges, public criticism of judges, public policy, and technology. Other contributions examine issues of judicial independence in the United Kingdom, the United States, South Africa, Israel, and Pakistan.

Women, Judging and the Judiciary

Author : Erika Rackley
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415548616
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)

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Download or read book Women, Judging and the Judiciary written by Erika Rackley and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Awarded the 2013 Birks Book Prize by the Society of Legal Scholars, Women, Judging and the Judiciary expertly examines debates about gender representation in the judiciary and the importance of judicial diversity. It offers a fresh look at the role of the (woman) judge and the process of judging and provides a new analysis of the assumptions which underpin and constrain debates about why we might want a more diverse judiciary, and how we might get one. Through a theoretical engagement with the concepts of diversity and difference in adjudication, Women, Judging and the Judiciary contends that prevailing images of the judge are enmeshed in notions of sameness and uniformity: images which are so familiar that their grip on our understandings of the judicial role are routinely overlooked. Failing to confront these instinctive images of the judge and of judging, however, comes at a price. They exclude those who do not fit this mould, setting them up as challengers to the judicial norm. Such has been the fate of the woman judge. But while this goes some way to explaining why, despite repeated efforts, our attempts to secure greater diversity in our judiciary have fallen short, it also points a way forward. For, by getting a clearer sense of what our judges really do and how they do it, we can see that women judges and judicial diversity more broadly do not threaten but rather enrich the judiciary and judicial decision-making. As such, the standard opponent to measures to increase judicial diversity - the necessity of appointment on merit - is in fact its greatest ally: a judiciary is stronger and the justice it dispenses better the greater the diversity of its members, so if we want the best judiciary we can get, we should want one which is fully diverse. Women, Judging and the Judiciary will be of interest to legal academics, lawyers and policy makers working in the fields of judicial diversity, gender and adjudication and, more broadly, to anyone interested in who our judges are and what they do.

Identity and Diversity on the International Bench

Author : Freya Baetens
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198870752
Total Pages : 593 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Identity and Diversity on the International Bench written by Freya Baetens and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021-02-10 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lack of diversity within the judiciary has been identified as a legitimacy concern in domestic settings, and the last few years have seen increasing attention to this question at the international level. This book analyses the implications of identity and diversity across numerous international adjudicatory bodies.

Legal Pluralism in Conflict

Author : Prakash Shah
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135308780
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)

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Download or read book Legal Pluralism in Conflict written by Prakash Shah and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-17 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Legal Pluralism in Conflict offers a new theoretical perspective for conceptualising and analysing the relationship between ethnic minority laws and the official legal order. Examining the limits of liberal legal thought in light of a contemporary plurality of ethnic identifications and religious beliefs, Prakash Shah takes up the case for a 'legal pluralism' that views ethnic minority laws in interaction with the official British legal order. This form of legal pluralism is not, however, without conflict. This book pursues a series of case studies that critically consider why and how state laws marginalise ethnic minority legal orders. Legal Pluralism in Conflict contains discussions of the recognition of polygamous marriages, homicide, the expertise provided in immigration cases and the legal discourse of nationality. It is in this engagement with some of the most challenging issues posed by the diverse character of modern society that its author sets out an alternative course for ethnic minority legal studies. Legal Pluralism in Conflict will be invaluable to students and researchers concerned with law's relationship to and treatment of ethnic and religious diversity, as well as to those with wider interests in the limits and possibilities of political pluralism.

Open Judicial Politics

Author : Rorie Spill Solberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (123 download)

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Download or read book Open Judicial Politics written by Rorie Spill Solberg and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Diversity in Practice

Author : Spencer Headworth
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107123658
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Diversity in Practice written by Spencer Headworth and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2016-04 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leading scholars look beyond the rhetoric of diversity to reveal the ongoing obstacles to professional success for traditionally disadvantaged groups.

Litigation and Inequality

Author : Edward A. Purcell Jr.
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195360907
Total Pages : 459 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book Litigation and Inequality written by Edward A. Purcell Jr. and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1992-12-31 with total page 459 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through the prism of litigation practice and tactics, Purcell explores the dynamic relationship between legal and social change. He studies changing litigation patterns in suits between individuals and national corporations over tort claims for personal injuries and contract claims for insurance benefits. Purcell refines the "progressive" claim that the federal courts favored business enterprise during this time, identifying specific manners and times in which the federal courts reached decisions both in favor of and against national corporations. He also identifies 1892-1908 as a critical period in the evolution of the twentieth century federal judicial system.

Defending Diversity

Author : Patricia Gurin
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472113071
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)

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Download or read book Defending Diversity written by Patricia Gurin and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2004-02-27 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DIVThe first major book to argue in favor of affirmative action in higher education since Bowen and Bok's The Shape of the River /div

Legal Practice and Cultural Diversity

Author :
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780754675471
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (754 download)

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Download or read book Legal Practice and Cultural Diversity written by and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection considers how contemporary cultural and religious diversity challenges legal practice. Comparative in analysis, this study places particular cases in their widest context, taking into account international and transnational influences.

Diversity of Citizenship Jurisdiction

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 524 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Diversity of Citizenship Jurisdiction written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 524 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Transformation of Civil Justice

Author : Alan Uzelac
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319973584
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (199 download)

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Download or read book Transformation of Civil Justice written by Alan Uzelac and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: National civil justice systems are deeply rooted in national legal cultures and traditions. However, in the past few decades they have been increasingly influenced by integration processes at the regional, supra-national and international level. As a by-product of the emergence of economic and political unions and globalisation processes there is pressure to harmonise or even unify the way in which national civil justice systems operate. In an attempt to create a ‘genuine area of justice’, new unified procedures are being developed, which operate in parallel with national civil procedures, and sometimes even strive to replace them. As a reaction to the forces that endeavour to harmonise and unify procedural laws and practices, an opposing trend is gaining momentum: one that insists on diversity and pluralism of national civil procedures. This book focuses on the evolution of procedural reforms in various jurisdictions and the ongoing transformation of national civil justice systems.

Report of the Federal Courts Study Committee

Author : Judicial Conference of the United States. Federal Courts Study Committee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (121 download)

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Download or read book Report of the Federal Courts Study Committee written by Judicial Conference of the United States. Federal Courts Study Committee and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Budgetary Impact of Possible Changes in Diversity Jurisdiction

Author : Anthony Partridge
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 80 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book The Budgetary Impact of Possible Changes in Diversity Jurisdiction written by Anthony Partridge and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

International Courts and the African Woman Judge

Author : Josephine Jarpa Dawuni
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315444429
Total Pages : 182 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (154 download)

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Download or read book International Courts and the African Woman Judge written by Josephine Jarpa Dawuni and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 182 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A sequel to Bauer and Dawuni's pioneering study on gender and the judiciary in Africa (Routledge, 2016), International Courts and the African Woman Judge examines questions on gender diversity, representative benches, and international courts by focusing on women judges from the continent of Africa. Drawing from postcolonial feminism, feminist institutionalism, feminist legal theory, and legal narratives, this book provides fresh and detailed narratives of seven women judges that challenge existing discourse on gender diversity in international courts. It answers important questions about how the politics of judicial appointments, gender, geographic location, class, and professional capital combine to shape the lives of women judges who sit on international courts and argues the need to disaggregate gender diversity with a view to understanding intra-group differences. International Courts and the African Woman Judge will be of interest to a variety of audiences including governments, policy makers, civil society organizations, students of gender studies, and feminist activists interested in all questions of gender and judging.

Ethnicity, Gender, and Diversity

Author : Peter Robson
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 149857291X
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (985 download)

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Download or read book Ethnicity, Gender, and Diversity written by Peter Robson and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2018-12-17 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection analyzes the most popular law and justice TV series in eight different countries, paying particular attention to ethnicity, gender, and diversity. It is the first transnational, empirical look at diversity on legal-themed TV series and thus provides an important link between law, TV, and real life.