Climbing to the Top? How Globalized Competition for Capital Affects Judicial Independence

In Bangladesh, demand for judicial independence in practice has been a much debated issue and the demand is fulfilled but expectation of people is not only limited to have an independent judiciary but to have an impartial system and cadre of people, which will administer justice rationally being free from fear or force. The independence of judiciary and the impartial judicial practice are related concepts, one cannot sustain without the other and here existence as well as the need of practicing impartiality is well recognized. But the art of practicing impartiality does not develop overnight as it’s related to development of one’s attitude. It takes a considerable time resulting from understanding, appreciating and acknowledging the moral values, ethics and professional responsibility. The judiciary includes Judges, Advocates mostly who are expected to demonstrate a high level of moral values and impartiality towards people seeking justice and ‘rule of law’. This is true that bench officers and clerks are also part of the process to ensure rule of law with same level of participation by the law enforcing agencies such as police. However the paper includes only those who either join judiciary as Judge/Magistrate or Advocate to explore level and extent of ethical knowledge they receive being key role players of the system. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/bioethics.v1i2.9628 Bangladesh Journal of Bioethics 2010; 1(2): 34-36

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KRIMINALISASI HAKIM DAN EKSISTENSI PRINSIP JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE DALAM BINGKAI NEGARA HUKUM

JURNAL HUKUM DAN PERADILAN ◽

10.25216/jhp.2.3.2013.325-336 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 2 (3) ◽

pp. 325

Author(s):

Muh Risnain

Keyword(s):

Rule Of Law ◽

Criminal Policy ◽

Judicial Independence ◽

Legal Policy ◽

The Law ◽

Quo Vadis

Legal policy throught criminalization of judge by the law are abuse of judicial indpence and threat of rule of law principle while regulate by the constitution. And it is shown that quo vadis of criminalization policy when drafting the law. To solve this problem, there are two step, firstly, House of representative and President as state organs who have authority to arrange the law must pay attention principle of judicial indepence and rule of law, second, reorientation of criminal policy. Keywords: Criminalization, Judicial Independence and Rule of Law.

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