Judicial Immunity in UK Law
- Judicial Immunity and the Protection of Justices
- Public Interest Immunity — A Matter of Prime Judicial Responsibility
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Duncan Kennedy, Sexy Dressing etc. Essays on the Power and Politics of Cultural Identity David Frank Ross, J. Don Read and Michael P. Toglia (eds), Adult Eyewitness Testimony: Current Trends and De...... ... On this basis, we could justify judicial inspection of every contract down to its small print in order ... Olowofoyeku, Suing Judges: A Study of Judicial Immunity, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1993, xxiv + 234 pp, hb 227.50. The ... ...
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Conflict Resolution Mechanisms in International Financial Organizations: Experiences and Collaborations in Broadening the Informal Process
International financial organizations (IFOs) such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and regional development banks, including the Asian Development Bank and the Inter‐American ...... ... Development Bank, are covered in their charter provisions with immunity from judicial proceedings in national legal systems on employment matters ... ...
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Acts of State, State Immunity, and Judicial Review in the United States
The doctrine of the Act of State and State Immunity has its foundation in common law frameworks. It is settled law that there is no cause of action that will make a foreign state liable in the dome...
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Italy: Suspicious Transaction Reporting: Recent Developments in Legislation
Considered from an international and comparative perspective Italian anti‐money laundering legislation appears rigorous and comprehensive. It includes general norms and aggravating circumstances fo...... ... , likewise, norms on 'sting operations', establishing an express immunity clause for 'undercover agents'. Lastly, the legislation further defines e parameters of international judicial assistance. The approach to money laundering prevention and detection ... ...
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Parad0x and Pragmatism: ?Virtual Immunities' and the Imposition of Liability in Negligence Claims Against Local Authorities
The field of public authority liability has attracted much attention through apparent uncertainty of law. The issue of immunity for local authorities, due to policy considerations, has received div...... ... The issue of immunity for local authorities, due to policy considerations, has received divided judicial and academic opinion. This paper journeys beyond the hypothetical realm of ... ...
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Coping with Conway v. Rimmer [1968] AC 910: How Civil Servants Control Access to Justice
The article, based on a review of files in the National Archives, examines the role of civil servants in claims for the suppression of state documents at trial on grounds of public interest immunit...... ... of state documents at trial on grounds of public interest immunity (PII). Government lawyers solicited responses from other ministries to the ... and coordinated the civil service campaign against this unwelcome judicial intrusion into their professional domain. The decision was seen as a ... ...
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Report of the Commonwealth Working Group on Asset Repatriation
Terms of reference. Issues addressed. Misappropriation of Assets. Immunities. Preventing the Movement of Funds. Serving Heads of State. Mechanisms for Asset Confiscation. Tracing and Tracking of As...... ... on Asset Recovery and in particular to put in place executive or judicial mechanisms that will allow for the repatriation of confiscated assets in ... /Government, ministers and other public officials should not have immunity from prosecution in domestic courts for alleged criminal activity. Heads ... ...
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Luis I. Gordillo, Interlocking Constitutions: Towards an Interordinal Theory of National, European and UN Law, Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2012, 410 pp, hb £66.00.
... ... an overview of how final appellate courts seek to accommodate judicial conflicts over competences and the interpretation of statutory rights. By ... a critical engagement of the UN Security Council and its judicial immunity. The last section of the book focuses on possible developments in this ... ...
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