Library
| Author | Title |
| General Council of the Judiciary (CGPJ), Spain | White Paper on the Ongoing Training of Judges |
Lord Hope of Craighead |
Judicial Independence. In a paper first delivered at the Scotland Sheriffs' Conference on 9 March 2002, Lord Hope suggests some guidelines for maintaining judicial independence from the executive and highlights some of the tensions that can exist to threaten such independence even in a mature democracy. |
| Judicial Studies Commission of Scotland (submitter) | The Alligator River Exercise. A short, but complex. tale of five individuals and the choices they made. This exercise asks you to rate the moral culpability of each. Competencies Required of a Judge. What are the basic skills and attributes that all judges must have? Judicial Ethics Scenarios. Four short ethics dillemmas challenge you to make the right choice. |
| Leticia Lorenzo Studies Coordinator at the Justice Studies Center of the Americas, Chile |
Capacitacion en oralidad. Desafio y limites para la mejora en la gestion del sistema. |
JosĂ© AlcebĂades de Oliveira, Jr. (interview) |
The Democratic Legitimacy of the Judiciary and the Realization of Fundamental Rights. |
| Jon De Vos Belgian Judicial Training Institute |
The Legal Framework, Target Group and Organisation of the Belgian Judicial Training Institute |
| National Association of State Judicial Educators (USA) | Principles and Standards of Judicial Branch Education. This guide lists and describes eight principles judicial educators can follow to organize, administer, and develop programming that supports effective judicial branch education. |
| National Institute of Justice (NIJ), Moldova | This article describes the organization of the National Institute of Justice (Moldova) and the Institute's educational programs |
| National Institute of Justice of Bulgaria | Description of the National Institute of Justice of Bulgaria |
| National Judicial Institute of Canada (NJI) | Report. A description of NJI's pedagogic approach to judicial education. Lists electronic resources available to Canadian judges, the thematic organization of courses, together with a brief description of each course offered by the Institute. |
| Eliezer Rivlin Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Israel, Additional Deputy President of IOJT |
The Art of Judging Within a Judges' Panel. This paper explores the dynamics within a judges panel from the preliminary hearing, to hearing the case, to writing the judgment. The chairman dominance model and group polarization is examined in the context of group work and decision making. |
| Alastair Thornton Deputy Director of Judicial Studies who works for the Judicial Studies Committee in the training of Court of Session and High Court judges, sheriffs and justices of the peace in Scotland |
Assessing Witnesses. This PowerPoint slide set (in PDF format) covers current research findings on how well we assess witness testimony. Judicial Ethics: Judicial Skills Course. This PowerPoint slide set (in PDF format) presents challenging scenarios on a variety of issues. |