In Democracy by Decree: What Happens When Courts Run Government (Yale University Press, January 2003), Ross Sandler and David Schoenbrod explain that through the use of judicial decrees, courts are ...

(Tunis) – Tunisian President Kais Saied dealt a deep blow to judicial independence on June 1, 2022, by granting himself, via decree, absolute power to fire judges summarily, and by promptly dismissing ...

For decades now, state and local officials nationwide have struggled to make policy while bound within the constraints of old court orders, agreed to by their predecessors. These “consent ...

CAIRO (Reuters) - Egyptian President Mohamed Mursi faced a rebellion from judges who accused him on Saturday of expanding his powers at their expense, deepening a crisis that has triggered violence in ...

President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a decree on some appointments and changes in judicial positions. Under the decree, 67 deputies for the head of the court of cassation were appointed. Also, 317 ...

Decree (UPDATE). Details added: first version posted on 17:55 BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 25. The chair of the appeals court, the chair of the court of first instance, and judges of severa ...

Tunisia President Kais Saied on Sunday issued a decree replacing the country’s judicial independence watchdog with his own council and giving himself near-unilateral power over the appointment and ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) — The riots following the death of Freddie Gray while in police custody launched a federal investigation into the Baltimore Police Department. The findings were a blistering report of ...