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Monthly Archives: September 2009

Zimbabwe’s Supreme Court stays activist prosecution

ZIMBABWE – In a rare Supreme Court ruling for Zimbabwe, the State treason case against Ms Jestina Mukoko, leader of the Zimbabwe Peace Project and prominent opposition activist, was permanently stayed on Monday (28/9). The Government had alleged that Mukoko, among others, had been involved in a conspiracy to overthrow the President Robert Mugabe’s regime. [...]

Chief Justice on ‘unelected’ judges

AUSTRALIA – Chief Justice Robert French recently spoke on the issue of judicial elections and commented on debate in Australia about the level of power given to ‘unelected’ judges. As the title of his speech suggested (“In Praise of Unelected Judges”), the Chief Justice revealed a reasoned preference for the present Australian system for the [...]