New Philippine investment openings are coming in 2018

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Power Generation ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
The Political ◽  
Economic Sectors ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Political Left ◽  
Retail Finance

Significance There is an ongoing two-level push for further, wide-reaching foreign investment liberalisation. If successful, this would open significant and sensitive Philippine economic sectors to much greater foreign investment. Impacts The amendments and new FINL could quickly boost foreign investment in retail, finance, telecoms, education and power generation. The changes could boost the Duterte administration’s infrastructure-building programme. The changes could increase anger and protests from the political left against the Duterte administration. Challenges to the changes could be brought in the Supreme Court.

Guatemala’s Morales will struggle to keep his immunity

2018 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
International Commission ◽  
The Political ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
International Donors ◽  
Campaign Financing ◽  
Legislative Vote

Subject Morales pressures. Significance The UN-led International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG) and the attorney general’s office on August 10 formally requested that the supreme court allow a legislative vote on whether President Jimmy Morales can be stripped of immunity from prosecution. Morales is facing investigation over allegations of illegal campaign financing, which undermine his stated commitment to combating corruption. Impacts Confrontation with the CICIG could affect aid financing from international donors, especially those linked to the UN. A successful push to remove Morales’s immunity would likely spark a series of similar motions against serving legislators. Popular frustration with the political establishment will position new, anti-corruption parties well for the elections in 2019.

Caste unrest will help Modi's party retain Dalit vote

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Prime Minister ◽  
Political Agenda ◽  
The Political ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The North ◽  
Congress Party ◽  
Bharatiya Janata Party ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Caste Politics

Subject Caste politics in India. Significance In a sign of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ability to shape the political agenda, the National Democratic Alliance's candidate Ram Nath Kovind was sworn in as India's 14th president on July 25. With attacks on Dalits (low castes) in the north Indian heartlands of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) surging, the nomination of a Dalit for the presidency was designed to strengthen the party's appeal to the community ahead of state elections. Impacts Support for the main opposition Congress party among Dalits will decline in Gujarat. Beef and leather exports will fall despite the Supreme Court suspending the ban on trading cattle for slaughter. Anti-Muslim violence may increase across the country.

Election risks will weigh on Kenyan economy

2017 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Capital Markets ◽  
The Political ◽  
International Governance ◽  
Court Ruling ◽  
Supreme Court Ruling ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Investments ◽  
Regional Investment ◽  
The Supreme Court

Significance With all eyes on the political and security implications of the Supreme Court’s landmark annulment of the August 8 polls, elevated political risk is also impacting the economy, which could now see subdued conditions extend well into 2018. Given President Uhuru Kenyatta’s apparently comfortable victory and widespread approval by international observers, investors were stunned by the Supreme Court ruling, and are now likely to be cautious about fully re-entering local capital markets until the political clouds lift. Impacts Public investments under Odinga would likely focus on lower-profile but critical sectors such as agriculture and health. The government’s 1.5-billion-dollar precautionary IMF facility will buttress the currency if offshore investors accelerate their retreat. Kenya’s rankings on international governance indices could improve, increasing its appeal as a regional investment gateway.

Politics will raise Argentine Supreme Court doubts

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Political Parties ◽  
Supreme Court ◽  
Vice President ◽  
Executive Branch ◽  
The Political ◽  
Content Type ◽  
High Profile ◽  
Judicial Decisions ◽  
Political Implications ◽  
The Supreme Court

Significance This relates to its declining efficiency, increasing tensions among its members and pressures from the political parties to influence high-profile judicial investigations involving former Presidents Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK, now vice-president) and Mauricio Macri. The recent election of Horacio Rosatti as its president has been welcomed by the judiciary as a positive move that could improve the Court’s functioning. Impacts Changes in the Supreme Court will exacerbate the lack of dialogue with the executive branch. Judicial decisions with significant political implications cannot be ruled out before the next presidential election in 2023. The government’s confrontational approach towards opposition parties will make it difficult to select a replacement for Highton.

Argentina judicial reform points up Fernandez weakness

2021 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Political Power ◽  
Judicial Independence ◽  
Vice President ◽  
The Political ◽  
Judicial Reform ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Her Family ◽  
The Supreme Court

Significance With an agenda increasingly influenced by Vice-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (CFK), the objectives of judicial reform now appear limited to closing pending investigations against her and her family. Impacts CFK’s increasing influence in judicial policy will reinforce the view that Fernandez lacks the political power to advance his own agenda. The confrontational approach is increasing the influence of hardliners, which is ideologically damaging to other government priorities. Moves to reduce judicial independence will further undermine institutional dialogue between the Supreme Court and the executive.

Yingluck impeachment raises Thai political stakes

2015 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Foreign Investment ◽  
Second Step ◽  
Election Campaign ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Criminal Charges ◽  
International Sanctions ◽  
The Military ◽  
Election Commission

Significance Her impeachment is part of the junta's broader effort permanently to prevent the Shinawatra family from regaining power. The second step, Yingluck's arraignment before the Supreme Court on criminal charges also related to the rice scheme, will take place in February. In addition, the Election Commission has announced that it, too, may bring charges against Yingluck in coming weeks, allegedly for using government funds for her election campaign last February. Impacts The military can prevent any violent uprising by Thaksin supporters -- for the time being. Should the junta overplay its hand, the risk of an uprising would rise, potentially jeopardising foreign investment. The risk of tighter international sanctions against Thailand is minimal.

The tenure of English judges

1913 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. H. McIlwain
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Political Science ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
General Object ◽  
William Iii ◽  
Science Association

At the meeting of the Political Science Association last year, in the general discussion, on the subject of the recall, I was surprised and I must admit, a little shocked to hear our recall of judges compared to the English removal of judges on address of the houses of parliament.If we must compare unlike things, rather than place the recall beside the theory or the practice of the joint address, I should even prefer to compare it to a bill of attainder.In history, theory and practice the recall as we have it and the English removal by joint address have hardly anything in common, save the same general object.Though I may not (as I do not) believe in the recall of judges, this paper concerns itself not at all with that opinion, but only with the history and nature of the tenure of English judges, particularly as affected by the possibility of removal on address. I believe a study of that history will show that any attempt to force the address into a close resemblance to the recall, whether for the purpose of furthering or of discrediting the latter, is utterly misleading.In the history of the tenure of English judges the act of 12 and 13 William III, subsequently known as the Act of Settlement, is the greatest landmark. The history of the tenure naturally divides into two parts at the year 1711. In dealing with both parts, for the sake of brevity, I shall confine myself strictly to the judges who compose what since 1873 has been known as the supreme court of judicature.

The Role of Courts in Rifted Democracies

1999 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 216-258 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ruth Gavison
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Judicial Review ◽  
Public Life ◽  
The Political ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Independent Judiciary ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
Harsh Criticism

A discussion of the role of courts in Israel today demands some introductory remarks. The Supreme Court and the President of the Supreme Court enjoy great acclaim and respect within Israel and abroad, but have recently come under attack from a variety of sources. These attacks are often confused, and many of them are clearly motivated by narrow partisan interests and an inherent objection to the rule of law and judicial review. But these motives do not necessarily weaken the dangers which the attacks pose to the legitimacy of the courts in general, and the Supreme Court in particular, in Israel's public life. The fact that in some sectors extremely harsh criticism of the court is seen to be an electoral boost, testifies to the serious and dangerous nature of the threat. This situation creates a dilemma for those who want a strong and independent judiciary, believing it is essential for freedom and democracy, but who also believe that, during the last two decades, the courts have transgressed limits they should respect. The dilemma becomes especially acute when the political echo sounds out in one's criticism, and when one is part of the group that believes that the legal and the judicial systems have made some contribution to the prevalence of these hyperbolic and dangerous attacks, as I am.

Judicial Power in a Political World

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Justin Crowe
Keyword(s):  
Supreme Court ◽  
Political Rhetoric ◽  
Democratic Politics ◽  
Judicial Power ◽  
The Political ◽  
Institution Building ◽  
Political Arena ◽  
Federal Judiciary ◽  
The Supreme Court ◽  
The Relationship

This concluding chapter synthesizes the book's main findings about the architectonic politics of judicial institution building and contextualizes them within contemporary debates. It also reflects upon the lessons of the more than 200-year historical lineage of the institutional judiciary for our understanding of judicial power in America. More specifically, it considers the place of the federal judiciary in America's past and future in empirical and normative terms, respectively. It argues that both political rhetoric and academic exegesis about the Supreme Court embody a fundamentally incorrect presumption about the judiciary being external to politics, and that such presumption leads to a series of misconceptions about the relationship between judicial power and democratic politics. The chapter offers a conception that not only locates the judicial branch squarely within the political arena but also places substantially greater emphasis on its cooperation rather than conflict with other actors and institutions in that arena.

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