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A Look into Switzerland’s Judiciary
September 09, 2020 - The Swiss civil law system, birthed from a history of celebrated cantonal autonomy, instantiates its legal ideals throughout the cantonal courts organized in civil, administrative, and criminal courts of first instance and appeals. A hallmark of Switzerland’s concept of law is that of mentioned cantonal autonomy. Switzerland strives to decentralize much of judicial power by distributing authority to the lowest levels of governance. This is most notable in the Swiss Federal constitution, which declares that the cantons are sovereign to the extent that their sovereignty is not limited by federal law. Each canton even has its own constitution, legislature, and courts. As you can probably imagine, fo...
Latvia Courts - What Are They
September 01, 2020 - In the Republic of Latvia, alongside the legislature and the executive, there is an independent judiciary. Judicial power in the Republic of Latvia...
TERRITORIAL COMPETENCE - Court of Milan
September 01, 2020 - CURRENT TERRITORIAL COMPETENCE OF THE COURT OF MILAN Arese (*), Arluno (*), Assago, Baranzate, Bareggio (*), Basiano (*), Basiglio, Bellinzago...
Belgium Courts
August 25, 2020 - Belgium has five major judicial areas, each within the jurisdiction of a court of appeal (cour d’appel/hof van beroep), of whi...
How Come the Netherlands Court is called Rechtbank?
August 23, 2020 - A pre-employment screen asked about why is the court called the Rechtbank because when they used Google Translator the word "Rechtbank" t...
Hungary District Courts - The First Appearance
August 22, 2020 - The District Courts Most cases are encountered at first instance, at the level of the district courts. In the countryside, 107 and in...
Poland's Court Hierarchy for Background Checks and Screening
August 19, 2020 - Hierarchy of Poland's courts District courts (sądy rejonowe) – generally first instance Provincial (sądy okręgowe) &ndas...
Ireland Courts - About the District Court
August 19, 2020 - District Court Judges of the District Court The District Court consists of sixty four judges including a President. The country...
How Many Courts Are in India?
August 13, 2020 - The Indian judiciary comprises of nearly 15,000 courts situated in approximately 2,500 court complexes throughout the country. Sour...
Trinidad and Tobago Magistrates Court
August 10, 2020 - The Magistracy exercises original jurisdiction in relation to summary criminal matters. The Magistrates’ Courts also facilitate Preliminary I...
Nairobi's Makadara Law Courts Commences E-Filing Conversion
July 07, 2020 - Nairobi’s Makadara Law Courts has commenced the process of digitizing court records in line with a directive issued by Chief Justice David Ma...
A Fractured System – Mexico’s Criminal Investigation Network
July 06, 2020 - In 2015, Mexico City’s government launched an electronic system that would coordinate the work of police, experts and public ministries, to i...
Haryana Police Launches Software To Digitise Criminal Records
July 06, 2020 - The Haryana Police has launched a new software application, named Police Artificial Intelligence System (PAIS), which will allow the police to digi...
Julie Hakman Webinar
May 14, 2020 - Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Social Media Screening Bianca Calhoun L...
England Searches Just A Click Away
May 13, 2020 - Straightline International has been getting court records from the UK and Ireland throughout the Covid-19 crisis. Straightline's...
Sajid Patel Wants To Help
May 12, 2020 - by Sajid Patel There are good times and bad times in everyone's life. If you've recently been laid off or you...
PBSA Volunteer of the Month
March 31, 2020 - Mike Hovorka PBSA Volun...
Sydney Courts Temporarily Closed
March 19, 2020 - Sydney NSW courts were shut down today but they assured the public that essential services will still be available but trials might be delayed due...
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