Author : Andrés Rigo Sureda
Publisher : World Bank Publications
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Judicial Challenges in the New Millennium by : Andrés Rigo Sureda
Download or read book Judicial Challenges in the New Millennium written by Andrés Rigo Sureda and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 1999 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In search of an optimal judicial role in social and economic development, many initiatives and meetings on judicial reform have been undertaken in the past few years in Latin America and around the world. One such meeting assembled more than 20 chief justices and presidents of supreme courts and over 200 members of Latin American judiciaries with an eye toward developing judicial reform strategies for the next millennium. The meeting focused on: judicial organization, citizen participation, judicial discipline, judicial ethics and corruption, human rights, citizen security, and drug problems. The summit also included a mock corruption trial. The papers collected in this volume were presented at the proceedings of the Second Ibero-American Summit of Supreme Courts and Tribunals of Justice, held on March 24-26, 1999, in Caracas, Venezuela. This regionwide conference was intended to promote the flow of ideas and perspectives among chief justices, judges, and practitioners in the judicial sector in Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, and Portugal. Several observer country justices from outside the region, including Egypt, France, Guyana, Pakistan, Romania, and the West Indies, also participated. Representatives of nongovernmental organizations and several other local and international observers also attended the summit.