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1821 in Australia

February - John Bigge finished gathering evidence on all aspects of the colonial government, including finances, the church, the judiciary, and the convict system.

2003 in Argentina

At the same time, Congress discusses repealing the laws that ended trials of military involved in the Proceso, and Criminal Chamber of the judiciary supports the involvement of Spanish judge Baltasar Garzón, who has asked for the arrest of 46 Argentinians.

Administrative Law, Process and Procedure Project

House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-WI) and Ranking Member John Conyers (D-MI) requested the Congressional Research Service (CRS) to assist Representative Chris Cannon (R-UT), the Chairman of the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law (CAL), in conducting the Project, which is anticipated to be completed by September 2006.

Ali-Akbar Davar

In commemorating Dāvar, Reza Pahlavi is said to have told to members of the Judiciary: "Don't ever think that you can become as good as Dāvar, by merely sitting in his chair."

Aloma Mariam Mukhtar

In her career, Mukhtar has been many firsts: she is the first female lawyer from Northern Nigeria, first female judge of the High Court in Kano State judiciary, the first female justice of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria, the first female justice of the Supreme Court of Nigeria and the first female Chief Justice of Nigeria.

Augustus Hill Garland

In the Senate, he served as a member of the Committees on Public Lands, the Territories and the Judiciary, serving as chairman of the Territories Committee in the 46th Congress.

Bernard J. Ward

A member of the American Law Institute, Professor Ward spoke frequently at educational conferences for the federal judiciary, and was highly regarded by both students and federal judges.

Bolivian constitutional referendum, 2009

Sucre will be acknowledged as Bolivia's capital, but the institutions will remain where they are (executive and legislative in La Paz, judiciary in Sucre).

Chan Sek Keong

On 21 November 2009, Chan became the first Asian jurist to be given the International Jurists Award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to the administration of justice which, according to International Council of Jurists president Adish Aggarwala, had "enhanced the dignity of the judiciary in Asian countries".

Charles Evans Whittaker

Justice Samuel Blatchford also served at all three levels of the federal judiciary, but the court system was configured slightly differently at that time.

Charter Company

The Senate Judiciary Committee was investigating connections between Billy Carter, brother of President Jimmy Carter, Vesco, and the country of Libya.

Chief Justice of Hong Kong

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong, position existed before 1997 as the head of the Supreme Court and of the Judiciary, the former role was replaced by the Chief Judge of the High Court in 1997, and the latter by the Chief Justice of the Court of Final Appeal

Conciliation Resources

In August 2013, the Reverend Akuila Yabaki, Chief Executive Officer of CCF, one the partners in the region, received a sentence of three months imprisonment, suspended for twelve months, concerning the reprinting of an article quoting a 2011 report by the UK Law Society Charity, Fiji: The Rule of Law Lost, in which questions were raised over the impartiality of Fiji's judiciary.

Constitution of Chad

Regarding the highest judiciary bodies it states that, prior to their establishment, their functions will be exercised by the Court of Appeals of N'Djamena.

Danilo Lim

Chief Justice Reynato Puno, who had just arrived from Guam, stated that he would not head a caretaker government if President Arroyo was removed from power, for he wants to insulate the judiciary from politics.

David Brog

Before his work with CUFI, Brog worked in the United States Senate for seven years, rising to be chief of staff to Senator Arlen Specter and staff director of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

David Markus

On March 9, 2009, New York State Senate Leader Malcolm Smith announced Markus' appointment as Special Counsel to the Senate Majority, focusing on government operations and structure, cities and local governments, the Judiciary, the civil and criminal justice systems, and public integrity.

David Schippers

He became a public figure when a friend of his, Congressman Henry Hyde, asked him to be the Chief Investigative Counsel for the U.S. House Judiciary Committee, which was holding an inquiry on whether President Bill Clinton had committed impeachable offenses in his handling of the Paula Jones sexual harassment suit, during which he committed perjury regarding his affair with then White House Intern Monica Lewinsky.

Dick Ackerman

During his tenure in the Assembly, Ackerman served as Assistant Republican Leader, Republican Caucus Whip, Vice Chair of the Assembly Natural Resources Committee, Vice Chair of the Assembly Judiciary Committee, a member of Appropriations Committee, and a member of the Legislative Ethics Committee.

Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy hearings

Concerns expressed by Senators Feinstein and Pryor concerning the Senate's preogative in confirming U.S. Attorney nominations in early January were followed up by hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee on February 6, 2007 called by Senator Schumer (D, New York) with Deputy Attorney General Paul McNulty as witness.

Dominic J. Squatrito

He was in private practice of law in Manchester, Connecticut from 1966 to 1994, and was a counsel to the Town of Manchester Housing Authority from 1972 to 1979, and to the Connecticut State Legislature Judiciary Committee from 1974 to 1975.

Donald H. Magnuson

During his time in Congress he served on the Appropriations Committee subcommittee on Department of State, Justice and Judiciary, and the Department of the Interior.

Ezra B. Taylor

He served as chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary (Fifty-first Congress) but declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1892.

Fiji Law Society

The Society condemned what it saw as interference in the Judiciary by the military-backed government, after Chief Justice Daniel Fatiaki and Chief Magistrate Naomi Matanitobua were sent on forced leave on 3 January 2007, and Anthony Gates sworn in as Acting Chief Justice on 16 January.

Frances Claudia Wright

She proved a force in the judiciary of Sierra Leone, once confronting Andrew Juxon-Smith with the expectation that she would be arrested.

Government of Pakistan

The judiciary consists of the Supreme Court of Pakistan, High Courts of Pakistan provincial level; District Courts in each district; anti-terrorism courts; Sharia courts;, and the environmental courts in all over the country; all courts inferior to Supreme Court.

Harlow S. Orton

In 1858, Orton was again elected to the Assembly, succeeding Democrat Frank Gault in a 5th District which now included the Towns of Dane, Vienna, Westport, Springfield, Middleton, and Madison (but only the 1st Ward of the City of Madison), and described his profession as "Capt. of the Dane Cavalry"; he was assigned to the standing committees on the judiciary and the militia.

John Hely

About 1698 the Irish born writer and publisher John Dunton, on a visit to Dublin, gave a sketch of the Irish judiciary and praised most of them, including Hely, as "men of such reputation that no one complains of them".

Judiciary of Brazil

The system is still composed by two special central Courts that do not fit any of the mentioned ramifications of the Judiciary: The Supreme Federal Court and the Superior Court of Justice.

Lord President of the Supreme Court

In 1994, in a move regarded as a further downgrading of the judiciary, the office of Lord President was renamed "Chief Justice of the Federal Court", and the offices of Chief Justices of the High Courts in Malaya and in Borneo renamed "Chief Judge of the High Court in Malaya" and "Chief Judge of the High Court in Sabah and Sarawak" respectively.

Luther Youngdahl

In 1930 Governor Theodore Christianson appointed the young lawyer to a municipal judgeship, the first of several judiciary positions he would hold before and after governing the state.

Malcolm F. Marsh

Marsh was the main person from the judiciary involved with the design of the new Mark O. Hatfield United States Courthouse.

Mohamed Yousry

The American Translators Association and the National Association of Judiciary Interpreters and Translators(NAJIT) issued a joint statement about this case, which took a neutral stand about Yousry's guilt or innocence.

Pierre de Vos

"This guy will be joining a group of gangsters who make (John) Hlophe their do-or-die issue. Whites want to entrench themselves in the last unelected branch of government - the judiciary," said Ngobeni.

Politics of Manitoba

Manitoba's judiciary consists of three courts: the Court of Appeal, the Court of Queen's Bench, and the Provincial Court.

Radlett murder

Hunt was tried as an accessory to murder; his counsel was Frederic Thesiger, a future lord chancellor (head of the English judiciary).

Recognition of same-sex unions in Pennsylvania

In 2008, a similar bill with State Senator Mike Brubaker as its main sponsor, Senate Bill 1250, was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Saleh Al-Talib

Saleh bin Mohammed bin Ibrahim bin Mohammed bin Nasser Al-Taleb, from the town of Hotat Bani Tamim, is from a family known to science, the judiciary and memorizing the Koran.

Sebastián Casanello

Casanello was the only federal judge that attended the ceremony of president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, who announced a bill for the Congress to reduce the autonomy of the judiciary.

Sexual abuse scandal in Catholic archdiocese of Milwaukee

Following public testimony by victims before a combined session of the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly Judiciary Committee, a report on the sexual abuse of minors by clergy in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee was published in September 2003.

Shabtai Rosenne

In addition, two foreign observers were appointed to the Commission, former First Minister of Northern Ireland, David Trimble, and former head of the Canadian military's judiciary, Judge Advocate General, Ken Watkin, authorized to take part in hearings and discussions, but not to vote on final conclusions.

Sixth Amendment

Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of Pakistan, which altered the term and age limits on the judiciary

Small Smiles Dental Centers

Prepared by Staff of the Committee on Finance United States Senate Max Baucus, Chairman, and Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member.

Ted Kaufman

In July 2009, Kaufman participated in the Senate Judiciary Committee’s Supreme Court nomination hearing for Judge Sonia Sotomayor.

United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property

United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property is a subcommittee within the House committee on the Judiciary.

United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations

The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security and Investigations is a subcommittee within the House Judiciary Committee.

United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law

United States House Judiciary Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial and Antitrust Law is a subcommittee within the House committee on the Judiciary.

United States Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies

It was formerly known as the Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary during the 108th Congress (2003-2005), but responsibility for the State Department and the federal Judiciary are now handled by separate subcommittees.

Valery Bondik

Valery Bondyk is a People's Deputy of Ukraine, member of Party of Regions fraction (since November 2007), Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary (since December 2007), member of the High Council of Justice (since March 2007).

Valiullah Faiz Mahdavi

Mahdavi was arrested in 2001 and charged him with "armed resistance against the state." He was sentenced to death in a trial where he was denied access to a lawyer but in June the chief of the Judiciary, Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi, commuted his sentence to life in prison.


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