Oh, Court of Equity!

Oh! Court of Equity, misnamed, where doubt Leads many in; whencefew or none, get out;

These woeful opening lines of a poem‘Court of Chancery’ by a Reginald James Blewittin 1827, was the way he took up the tomahawk, as he termed itin his preface, against a dire national enemy. In practice,in Lincoln's Inn, he found the great delay and ruinous expensesof a Chancery suit had become proverbial. After giving up practicehe found the tranquillity of the park at Fontainebleau moreconducive to overcoming his previous anguished existence withhis verse satirizing the tedium of proceedings, its expenseand the follies and conceits of former colleagues. Former colleaguesare named in     

The Changing Role of the Youth Court Judge

The last century has witnessed the creation of a number of strategies regarding youth justice and the young offender. With each change in policy has come a redefinition of the role of the youth court judge. This article discusses the traditional role of the judge, the unique role of the youth court judge, and how history has and is likely to continue to define and influence this role.     

One Family,One Judge,No Continuances

Continuances are a source of delay in juvenile dependency cases that may increase the length of time a child is in care. The current study builds upon an emerging body of research examining the effectiveness of the one family, one judge model in improving case efficiency. The study first examines the expectation that continuances delay case processing, then examines whether the implementation of a one family, one judge model of judicial oversight reduces continuances. Results reveal that continuances delay case events up to the adjudication hearing, but do not delay time to permanency. Although implementation of the one family, one judge model did not reduce continuances, there was a relationship between the number of judicial officers per case and number of continuances. When there is only one judicial officer per case, the majority of cases have no or only one continuance. Every two judicial officers added to the case result in one additional continuance. These findings indicate that judicial continuity can be an effective way to improve case efficiency.     

The Court Settles the Case!

The discussion of problems of legal defense, begun this year in the pages of LG, has produced a lively exchange of opinions and has touched on important questions of our criminal proceedings.     

Judge Wang Chung-hui at the Permanent Court of International Justice

As the predecessor of the International Court of Justice atThe Hague, the Permanent Court of International Justice wasa pioneering institution blessed with brilliant lawyers. Oneof the important figures was Mr Wang Chung-Hui. In 1922, Wangcame to the Permanent Court as his country's foremost jurist;ultimately, he was to exercise notable influence on his colleaguesas well as landmark decisions of the Permanent Court. This articleseeks to introduce Wang Chung-hui as the first Chinese memberof the World Court. Wang's success as an international judgemay suggest that the Permanent Court, and international lawof the period, cannot be distinguished on the ground that itwas peculiarly Eurocentric.     

中国“例制”构建中的法院角色和法官作用

我国案例指导制度中的法院角色和法官作用有着鲜明的特色,案件审理阶段法院和办案法官往往并没有参与案例指导的意识,而是在案件裁判后由审判庭之外的综合部门通过遴选的方式确定典型案例,经编辑后报审判委员会研究讨论,再逐级报最高人民法院确定并发布。指导性案例的产生不是按照管辖制度自然地＂涌现＂,而是被人为地＂发现＂,这一点明显不同于国外的做法。相比较,＂涌现＂方式符合司法经济原则和司法规律,而＂发现＂方式充满人为因素,成本高而效率相对较低。案例指导制度不应被管辖制度＂牵着鼻子走＂,而应当通过变更管辖制度,与司法规律相适应。     

Court Order No, 4, USSR Supreme Court Plenum,March 18, 1963

A review of the practice in recovering court expenditures [raskhody] in civil cases and court costs [izderzhki] in criminal cases has demonstrated that courts do not always observe the laws in effect with regard to this matter, that they commit significant errors. Frequently, in accepting the filing of suits and appeals in civil cases, courts do not exact payment of the state fee provided by law, or else they determine it inaccurately. They do not always take into consideration the fact that expenditures caused the court in connection with the trial and the state fee, from which a plaintiff has been exempted, are to be recovered from the respondent for the state in proportion to the satisfied portion of the claim in the suit. In violation of Article 45 of the RSFSR Code of Civil Procedure and the corresponding articles of the civil procedural codes of the other union republics, many courts do not demand that the parties make advance payment of the sums needed to meet the costs of calling witnesses and experts, as well as the expenditures involved in on-site examinations.     

Court Order No. 3, USSR Supreme Court Plenum,March 18, 1963

Having heard and discussed the reports of the Chairman of the RSFSR Supreme Court, Comrade L. N. Smirnov, the Chairman of the Lithuanian Supreme Court, Comrade A. L. Likas, and the Chairman of the Criminal College of the USSR Supreme Court, Comrade G. Z. Anashkin, on the fulfillment by the judiciary of the USSR Supreme Court Plenum's Order No. 6 of September 12, 1961, and having examined materials summarizing the practice of the courts in cases involving antisocial parasitic elements, the Plenum of the USSR Supreme Court takes note that the judiciary of the RSFSR, Lithuania and other union republics have recently somewhat improved their consideration of such cases, and have begun to apply more correctly the legislation on intensifying the struggle against persons refraining from socially useful labor and engaging in an antisocial and parasitic way of life.     

Court Order No. 7, USSR Supreme Court Plenum,July 3, 1963

A decree of the Presidium of the USSR Supreme Soviet of February 15, 1962, "On Increasing Responsibility for Attacks on the Life, Health, and Dignity of Militia and Volunteer Public-Order Personnel," established responsibility for malicious failure to obey a legal order or demand of militia and volunteer public-order personnel, for insulting them, for resistance to them, and for the use of force and threats against such persons. The decree also increased the criminal responsibility for attacks on the lives of militia and volunteer public-order personnel in conjunction with their official or volunteer duties in the maintenance of public order.     

Interview with Judge Luzius Wildhaber,President of the New European Court of Human Rights

On Tuesday, November 3, in Strasbourg, the new, full-time European Court of Human Rights will be inaugurated. Judges will be sworn in, including the new president of the court, Mr. Luzius Wildhaber of Switzerland.     

司改背景下法官、法院与司法程序的融合与共生

当前,司法体制改革需要协调好法官、法院与司法程序的关系.法官制度研究与发展要积极追寻职业化、专业化、独立化的方向.作为一种稀缺性中央事权,司法权要保障法院逐步实现从机构独立到机体独立、法官逐步实现从外部独立到内部独立、司法逐步实现独立于当事人激情与不合理诉求到民本司法.司法程序作为一种对话机制,要在完善程序保障与实现规则之治之间寻求平衡,逐步增加法官对程序控制的职权,同时围绕诉讼制度强化以案件管理为中心的审判管理机制.     

我国无固定期限劳动合同制度评析

对我国无固定期限劳动合同制度的指责,不仅源于对无固定期限劳动合同涵义与功能的误解,也源于对其特殊价值的忽视。目前,在我国全面推进无固定期限劳动合同的社会条件还不具备,《劳动合同法》在推进无固定期限劳动合同制度时较为谨慎,略有不足。     

国家干预在我国劳动合同立法中的体现

劳动合同属于兼有当事人意思自治和国家干预性质的特殊合同.本文探讨了国家干预劳动合同立法的合理性和必要性,阐述了我国在劳动合同立法过程中,国家干预起到了积极的重要作用并具体地体现在了<劳动合同法>中.