... the Constitution? One must recall that section 33 allows parliament to maintain supremacy over the judicial branch of government, and in doing so gives opportunity for legislation to pass without process or justification. Outcomes of the notwithstanding clause can be detrimental to society and contrast the constitutional foundation that the nation is built on. Furthermore, the poor and ineffective use of ... Since the courts are not elected by the people, as politicians are, they are minimally coerced or swayed by majority opinion. Rather, judicial institutions have constraints and an e...

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... our conscience with disturbing frequency. A system of international criminal justice is finally within reach because crimes against humanity have become the exception rather than the norm. The ICC process unfolded parallel to, and was accelerated and shaped by, the haphazard emergence of an international criminal justice system consisting of ad hoc international tribunals, hybrid or "mixed" tribunals ... international criminal justice. The fact that the Statute could be negotiated and adopted, as well as enter into force, in just a few short years is remarkable. The negotiating process w...

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... up, in general, because the States must respond to urgent necessities, these courts tend to alter the essential guarantees that all individuals have the right to expect from an equitable process, and from the respect of their fundamental rights. Hence, despite the legislative framework which supports them, the special courts are often perceived as a manifestation of the arbitrary action of the ... the Special Criminal Court in Ireland Article 38 of the Irish Constitution of 1937 guarantees the right for "all persons to be tried for a criminal offense according to the due process of law"...

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... to Australian law enforcement and revenue agencies. The Financial Reporting Council (FRC) is a statutory body responsible for providing broad oversight of the process for setting accounting standards in Australia and giving the Minister reports and advice on that process. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is an independent Commonwealth statutory authority whose role is to enforce the Competition and Consumer Act ... ...

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... means of achieving justice. This is so because without the entire truth, the information required to make a reasonable decision supporting justice is incomplete, therefore leading to an uneducated decision making process in which puts something or someone in an unfair position. Aristotle once said that justice "consists in treating equals equally and unequals unequally but in proportion to their relevances."" And ... know the truth of their equality or inequality. This alone is more important than any privileged communication because with the privileged communication there is informatio...

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... this, many asylum seekers are being detained for up to five years, and children up to two, with some reports suggesting longer. This portrays unequivocally the ineffectiveness of the assessment process, while highlighting the legal systems inefficiency in achieving justice for these individuals. Many people however, see detention as a necessary mechanism, and with reason. Detaining asylum seekers allows time for the ... ...

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