He also served as President of the Supreme Court.

Holder of the post of Chamber's Presiding Judge at the Supreme Court of Madagascar

The prime minister then met with Iraq s chief justice, following which the court s decision was reversed.

Stefan Trechsel (Switzerland)

St. Gallen Committee of experts to elaborate guiding principles for the reform of the Code of Criminal Procedure.

Liberia's highest judicial authority is the Supreme Court, made up of five members and headed by the Chief Justice of Liberia.

SCAF has threatened to dissolve parliament by appealing against the Head of the Supreme Constitutional Court.

At the end of 1998 and in January 1999, she complained to the Parliament, to the President of the Republic, and to the Supreme Court the Parliament and the President's administration transmitted her letters to the Supreme Court.

Separation of powers might as well be an obeah spell. And forget about discussing our Executive arm the President, Chief Justice and Judiciary might as well be a council of wizards.

Its nine members are appointed by the governor general on the advice of the prime minister and minister of justice.

The author could have filed a complaint with the Ministry of Interior, or with the President of the High Court.

Last March, Musharraf took his boldest step, removing the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Iftikhar Chaudhry.

The commission, headed by retired Supreme Court judge Eliyahu Winograd, has just published its interim report.

The chief courts are the Court of Session, for civil cases, and the High Court of Justiciary, for criminal cases.

If the Chief Justice and the judges are reinstated, we can move toward a genuine democratic system.

Many accomplished and brilliant candidates fall into this category, not least Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke.

The Supreme Special Court is also the Supreme Electoral Court, judging pleas against the legality of the legislative elections.

1966 Dr. iur. (magna cum laude).

The Court rejected the application.

Source Superior Electoral Court

The Supreme Court dismissed the case.

NEW YORK The Chief Prosecutor of Turkey s High Court of Appeals recently recommended to the country s Constitutional Court that the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP) be permanently banned.

There are two resident High Court Judges, and a visiting Court of Appeal, which comprises the Chief Justice and two judges of appeal and sits twice a year in the Territory.

To the surprise of many, the country s legal community organized a nation wide movement to restore the Chief Justice to his post.

The special High Court of the Realm ( Riksrett ) hears impeachment cases against members of the Government, Parliament, or Supreme Court.

Source The People's Supreme Court, 2003

1967 Magistrate in the Supreme Court

1994 Adviser in the Supreme Court

Date and place of birth 25 June 1937, Berne.

1975 1999 Member of the European Commission of Human Rights.

Switzerland Committee of experts charged with preparing a comprehensive reform of the General Part of the Criminal Code.

1999 Visiting professor, University of California at Los Angeles.

The Supreme Court dismissed his allegations.

Royal Institute of International Affairs

The decision, which Musharraf claimed was intended to stabilize the country and stem the tide of Islamist extremism, facilitated the removal of dozens of senior judges from the Supreme Court and the provincial high courts including Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, Pakistan s highest ranking judge.

They are suffering huge financial losses by boycotting the courts, and yet they are determined that the Chief Justice must be reinstated.

Thomas Bingham, former Lord Chief Justice and Senior Law Lord of the United Kingdom, proposed a somewhat more expansive, though clearly compatible, definition.

The High Court forms one branch of the Supreme Court of judicature of Trinidad and Tobago. It exercises criminal and civil jurisdiction.

Justice Stevens cited Telford Taylor, the chief prosecutor in Nuremberg, who made the same point about the oddity of conspiracy charges in international tribunals.

Al Gore Supreme Court.

The highest court was the Senate.

Application for leave to appeal was denied by the Supreme Court.

C. Mechanism for appointing members of the Supreme Court

Women constitute 21 on the Supreme Court and 36 on the Higher Economic Court (Table 5).

The supreme judicial power is vested in the Supreme Court or Riigikohus, with nineteen justices.