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FORENSICS & CRIMINAL JUSTICE L Interviews with Global Leaders in Policing, Courts, and Prisons Series o w Volume Two e • D a Trends in the s Volume Two Edited by David Lowe Judiciar y T Dilip K. Das r e n Interviews with Judges Across the Globe d s The term judicial opinion can be a misnomer as rarely are judges’ true feelings on legal i n issues and the work they do made available to the public. Judges are constrained when writing decisions to follow the law and leave personal commentary aside. Through a t series of revealing interviews, this book gathers empirical data from judges and justices h from different legal systems to provide a scintillating look at how they view their jobs e and cope with difficult legal matters. J u Interviews are conducted according to strict guidelines with a standardized format for consistency. Each chapter begins by describing the region and its style of judicial d governance. This is followed by an interview with a judge or justice in the particular i Trends in the jurisdiction. They discuss their careers, personal judicial philosophies, the problems and c successes they’ve experienced, and how theory influences practice in their jurisdiction. Many also discuss transnational relations and several chapters include glossaries that i a explain unfamiliar terms and acronyms. Each chapter concludes with the interviewer’s Judiciar y assessment and observations. This structure allows readers to easily compare the views r of judges and to see the similarities, the differences, and the uniqueness of the different y legal models and systems. 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 Two great breadth of understanding of global justice. International Police Executive Symposium Co-Publication K22150 International Police Executive Symposium Co-Publication 6000 Broken Sound Parkway, NW Suite 300, Boca Raton, FL 33487 711 Third Avenue New York, NY 10017 an informa business 2 Park Square, Milton Park www.crcpress.com Abingdon, Oxon OX14 4RN, UK www.crcpress.com K22150_cover.indd 1 10/31/14 11:59 AM Volume Two Trends in the Judiciary Interviews with Judges Across the Globe Interviews with Global Leaders in Policing, Courts, and Prisons Series International Police Executive Symposium Co-Publications Dilip K. Das, Founding President-IPES PUBLISHED Trends in the Judiciary: Interviews with Judges Across the Globe, Volume One By Dilip K. Das and Cliff Roberson with Michael Berlin, ISBN: 978-1-4200-9978-2 Trends in Policing: Interviews with Police Leaders Across the Globe, Volume Four By Bruce F. Baker and Dilip K. Das, ISBN: 978-1-4398-8073-9 Trends in Policing: Interviews with Police Leaders Across the Globe, Volume Three By Otwin Marenin and Dilip K. Das, ISBN: 978-1-4398-1924-1 Trends in Policing: Interviews with Police Leaders Across the Globe By Dilip K. Das and Otwin Marenin, ISBN: 978-1-4200-7520-5 Trends in Corrections: Interviews with Corrections Leaders Around the World By Jennie K. Singer, Dilip K. Das, and Eileen Ahlin, ISBN: 978-1-4398-3578-4 Trends in Corrections: Interviews with Corrections Leaders Around the World, Volume Two By Martha Henderson Hurley and Dilip K. Das, ISBN: 978-1-4665-9156-1 Trends in the Judiciary: Interviews with Judges Across the Globe, Volume Two by David Lowe and Dilip K. Das, ISBN: 978-1-4822-1916-6 FORTHCOMING Trends in Policing: Interviews with Police Leaders Across the Globe, Volume Five By Bruce K. Baker and Dilip K. Das, ISBN: 978-1-4822-2449-8 Volume Two Trends in the Judiciar y 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. 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CCC is a not-for-profit organization that pro- vides licenses and registration for a variety of users. For organizations that have been granted a photo- copy license by the CCC, a separate system of payment has been arranged. Trademark Notice: Product or corporate names may be trademarks or registered trademarks, and are used only for identification and explanation without intent to infringe. Visit the Taylor & Francis Web site at http://www.taylorandfrancis.com and the CRC Press Web site at http://www.crcpress.com This book is dedicated to the memory of Austin Turk, an excellent scholar, an editor of IPES/CRC Press publications, and an inspiration. 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
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