Trends in the Judiciary: Interviews with Judges Across the Globe, Volume Two

358 Pages·2014·4.33 MB·English

by  David Lowe

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Trends in the Judiciary: Interviews with Judges Across the Globe, Volume Two is the
seventh publication in the Interviews with Global Leaders in Policing, Courts, and
Prisons series. The broad-based coverage of varying viewpoints in this text encourages a Volume Interviews with Judges Across the Globe
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Interviews with Judges Across the Globe
David Lowe, Ph.D.
Liverpool John Moores University School of Law, UK
Dilip K. Das, Ph.D.
Founding President, International Police Executive Symposium, IPES
Founding Editor-in-Chief,
Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, PPR
With Assistance from
Michael M. Berlin, J.D., Ph.D.
Coppin State University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
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Contents
IPES Preface xi
Foreword xv
Acknowledgments xvii
Editors xix
Contributors xxi
Introduction xxvii
Section I
GHANA: LEGAL SYSTEM
GERALD DAPAAH GYAMFI AND BRIAN S. AKRONG
1 Anin-Yeboah, Ghana Supreme Court 7
GERALD DAPAAH GYAMFI AND BRIANS. AKRONG
Section II
NIGERIA: LEGAL SYSTEM OF THE
EBONYI STATE
OKO ELECHI AND SMART E. OTU
2 Eze Udu, Ebonyi State Court 25
OKO ELECHI AND SMART E. OTU
Section III
AUSTRALIA: LEGAL SYSTEM
JANE GOODMAN-DELAHUNTY, TRACEY GREEN
AND IDA NGUYEN
vii
viii Contents
3 Duncan Chappell, Federal Administrative
Appeals Tribunal 43
TRACEY GREEN
4 James Woods AO QC, New South
Wales Supreme Court 57
JANE GOODMAN-DELAHUNTY
Section IV
HONG KONG: LEGAL SYSTEM
ALISON LUI
5 Michael Lunn, Court of Appeal 77
ALISON LUI
Section V
NEW ZEALAND: LEGAL SYSTEM
EMMA DAVIES
6 Mick Brown, District Court 95
EMMA DAVIES
Section VI
SERBIA: LEGAL SYSTEM
BRANISLAV SIMONOVIĆ
7 Dragomir Milojević, President of the Serbian
Supreme Court 113
BRANISLAV SIMONOVIĆ