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Judicial conduct and discipline bodies
Judicial conduct and discipline bodies are state institutions that receive, investigate, and decide complaints about judges' misconduct or disability; every state and D.C. has had one since 1981.
Judicial Conference of the United States
Judicial Conference of the United States: national policymaking body of the federal courts, created by Congress in 1922 as the Conference of Senior Circuit Judges, renamed in 1948; presided over by the Chief Justice, it advises Congress and oversees court administration.
Judicial dynasties in U.S. state courts
Judicial dynasties in U.S. state courts are family lineages with two or more related judges on the same court, including the Celebrezze brothers on Ohio's supreme court.
Judicial functions of the House of Lords
The House of Lords was the UK's ultimate legal appellate body, hearing civil cases for the whole country and criminal appeals for England, Wales, and Northern Ireland.
Judicial independence
Judicial independence: the principle that judges decide cases impartially, free from executive, legislative, or other improper interference. Guaranteed by constitutions and the UN's 1985 Basic Principles; measured by WJP and V-Dem indices.
Judicial opinions of Ian Binnie
The judicial opinions of Ian Binnie are the 170 judgments he wrote as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 1998 until his retirement in late 2011.
Judicial opinions of Louis LeBel
The judicial opinions of Louis LeBel are the Supreme Court of Canada judgments he wrote as a justice from 2000 to 2014, including Dunsmuir and R. v. Ruzic.
Judicial opinions of Marshall Rothstein
The judicial opinions of Marshall Rothstein are the written reasons he produced as a justice of the Supreme Court of Canada from 2006 to 2015.
Judicial opinions of Rosalie Abella
Judicial opinions of Rosalie Abella covers the judgments of Rosalie Abella, a Supreme Court of Canada justice from 2004 to 2021, including Grassy Narrows, Tsilhqot'in, and Fraser.
Judicial Papyrus of Turin
The Judicial Papyrus of Turin, also called the Turin Judicial Papyrus, is a hieratic papyrus recording the trials of the harem conspiracy against Pharaoh Ramesses III, instigated by Queen Tiye.
Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937
The Judicial Procedures Reform Bill of 1937, FDR's court-packing plan, proposed adding one Supreme Court justice per justice over 70, up to six, to protect New Deal laws; it was defeated in July 1937.
Judicial reasons of Justice Morris Fish
Judicial reasons of Justice Morris Fish: written reasons authored or joined by the Supreme Court of Canada judge (2003-2013, formerly Quebec Court of Appeal), chiefly criminal law, including R. v. Morris (2006) and R. v. Lévesque (2013).
Judicial review
Judicial review is the power of courts to invalidate legislative and executive acts that conflict with a constitution, established for US federal law by Marbury v. Madison (1803); it also denotes UK challenges to public-body decisions, and comes in centralized and diffuse, strong- and weak-form models.
Judicial review in the United States
Judicial review in the United States: courts' power to void unconstitutional laws, established by Marbury v. Madison (1803), extended to all state courts by 1850, and reshaped for federal agencies by Loper Bright (2024).
Judicial selection in Nebraska
Judicial selection in Nebraska: merit selection system adopted by constitutional amendment in 1962. Nine-member Judicial Nominating Commissions send at least three nominees to the governor, who appoints judges later confirmed in six-year retention elections.
Judicial selection in the United States
Judicial selection in the United States covers the methods the 50 states use to choose supreme court justices, from partisan elections to the merit-based Missouri Plan.
Judicial selection reform in U.S. states
Judicial selection reform in U.S. states covers movements and scholarship on how state supreme court justices are chosen, driven by record spending on races deciding abortion and redistricting.
Judicial service in Pacific Island states
Judicial service in Pacific Island states is the staffing of the region's small judiciaries, often by expatriate judges from Australia, New Zealand, and other Commonwealth countries.
Judicial system of the Russian Empire
Judicial system of the Russian Empire: estate-based secret courts before 1864, then the Judicial Reform creating justices of the peace, circuit courts, juries, and judicial independence, with volost, Siberian, and special-court exclusions and later counter-reforms.
Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch, founded in 1994 by Larry Klayman, is a conservative U.S. activist organization that files FOIA lawsuits against government officials; Tom Fitton is president; Media Bias/Fact Check rates it far right with low factual reporting.
Judicial Yuan
The Judicial Yuan (司法院) is the highest judicial organ of the Republic of China, established in Nanjing in 1928 under the five-yuan system and now based in Taiwan.
Judiciary
Judiciary: the branch of government that adjudicates disputes by interpreting and applying law. Covers court hierarchies, civil vs common law systems, judicial independence (tenure, salaries, councils), judicial review, and judge selection models.
Judiciary (band)
Judiciary: crossover thrash/metallic hardcore band from Lubbock, Texas, fronted by Jake Collinson; albums Surface Noise (2019) and Flesh + Blood (2023) on Closed Casket Activities; Stalagmite Angels EP (2026).
Judiciary Act of 1789
The Judiciary Act of 1789, "An Act to Establish the Judicial Courts of the United States," signed September 24, 1789, created the Supreme Court with six justices, 13 district courts, three circuit courts, and the federal court structure largely intact today.
Judiciary Act of 1869
Judiciary Act of 1869, also called the Circuit Judges Act (16 Stat. 44), a U.S. federal statute setting the Supreme Court at nine justices, creating nine circuit judgeships, easing circuit riding, and first allowing judicial retirement with salary.
Judiciary Act of 1925
The Judiciary Act of 1925, commonly called the Judges' Bill, is a US federal statute, drafted by the Supreme Court justices themselves, that made most Supreme Court review discretionary.
Judiciary of Australia
The judiciary of Australia: the High Court, federal courts under Chapter III of the Constitution, and state and territory court systems, independent under separation of powers, with security of tenure and remuneration for judges.
Judiciary of Barbados
Judiciary of Barbados: the Judicature, established by Constitution s. 79C, comprising the Court of Appeal, High Court, and Magistrates' Courts under the Supreme Court, with the Caribbean Court of Justice as final appellate court, headed by the Chief Justice.
Judiciary of England and Wales
Judiciary of England and Wales: judges, tribunal members, and magistrates headed by the Lady Chief Justice under the Constitutional Reform Act 2005, with courts from magistrates' courts to the Court of Appeal and appointments via the Judicial Appointments Commission.
Judiciary of France
Judiciary of France: the two-order court system (ordre judiciaire, ordre administratif) with the Cour de cassation, Conseil d'État, and Tribunal des conflits, its revolutionary origins, principles, and CEPEJ resource comparisons.