Australia
Article: Judging, Judicial Values and Judicial Conduct in Problem-Solving Courts, Indigenous Sentencing Courts and Mainstream Courts
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Therapeutic Jurisprudence
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Courts and Judiciary Posted by Michael King:
The following article has just been published: King, Michael S, “Judging, Judicial Values and Judicial Conduct in Problem-Solving Courts, Indigenous Sentencing Courts and Mainstream Courts” 2010) 19 Journal of Judicial Administration 133.
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Law Reform Commission Final Report on Court Intervention Programs
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Court Innovation and Problem Solving Courts
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Therapeutic Jurisprudence
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Juvenile and Criminal Justice
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Worldwide Movement David Wexler posted this on the TJ list:
Problems Oriented Courts Court Intervention Programs Final Report
The Law Reform Commission is pleased to announce the release of its Final Report on Court Intervention Programs.
The Final Report which sets out the Commission's conclusions and final recommendations is intended to be read in conjunction with the Commission's detailed Consultation Paper which describes how various court intervention programs operate and provides additional research and analysis.
Non-Adversarial Law Conference in Melbourne
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Broad Overview of Multiple Categories
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Continuing Education and Events
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Worldwide Movement From Mike King: The conference flyer and registration information (including a link for online registration) for the Non-Adversarial Justice conference to be held in Melbourne in May 2010 are available at: http://www.aija.org.au/NAJ%202010/NAJ10%20Infoflyer&Reg.pdf.
It promises to be an exciting conference. There is an impressive list of keynote speakers in diverse fields of non-adversarial justice or the comprehensive law movement. Bruce Winick and David Wexler are among the keynote speakers.
Tasmanian Supreme Court Justice has Problem-Solving Background
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Court Innovation and Problem Solving Courts
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Courts and Judiciary The Attorney General, Lara Giddings, today announced the appointment of a new judge to sit on the Supreme Court of Tasmania.
“I welcome the appointment of Helen Wood, a Hobart magistrate of 15 years standing and Tasmania’s first female magistrate,” Ms Giddings said.
Magistrate Wood will fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Justice Pierre Slicer.
Ms Wood, 46, was admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Tasmania and High Court of Australia in 1986.
Non-Adversarial Legal Education
A key criticism of legal education made by a number of non-adversarial justice or comprehensive law approaches – including therapeutic jurisprudence, creative problem solving and holistic law – is its focus on the case method as the pre-eminent approach to legal problem solving. Typically these cases are the most adversarial – those that the parties and their lawyers have not been able to resolve without an adversarial trial and often an appeal or two.
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Humanizing Legal Education
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Therapeutic Jurisprudence
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Law School/Legal Education
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Best Practices/Skills
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Lawyers
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Teachers/Professors
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Law Students Judge Hora Thinker in Residence
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Court Innovation and Problem Solving Courts
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Therapeutic Jurisprudence
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Worldwide Movement You can sign up to follow Judge Peggy Hora during her time as one of the Thinkers in Residence website at: Adelaide Thinkers in Residence - Peggy Hora. She'll be there Aug. 17-Sept. 25.
TJ in Commercial Areas of Law
A common question asked in relation to therapeutic jurisprudence is whether it has any application to commercial areas of the law such as corporate law and taxation. Therapeutic jurisprudence purports to apply to the whole range of the law, legal processes and legal actors in the diverse social contexts in which they operate. TJ sees them as potentially affecting the wellbeing of those who come into contact with them.
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Therapeutic Jurisprudence
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Corporate/Business Law
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Clients
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Interdisciplinary Professionals Australia: Crime Without Punishment?
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Restorative Justice Violent criminals should have the option of getting together with their victims for a chat under a "crime without punishment" plan.
The Brumby Government has received a recommendation that so-called "restorative justice" be used in serious criminal cases.
The current restorative justice system is available only for young people charged with non-violent offences.
Offenders and victims get together to talk about the crime and its effects, and it is claimed the program cuts reoffending.
West Australia Expands Drug Courts
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Court Innovation and Problem Solving Courts
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Therapeutic Jurisprudence
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Courts and Judiciary Excerpt from:
http://www.thewest.com.au/default.aspx?MenuID=77&ContentID=135562
Attorney-General Christian Porter said the Government might widen criteria which determines who can go before the drug court, which was resource intensive but an overwhelming success.
A 2006 review showed the court, established at the Perth Central Law Courts in December 2000, had cut reoffending 17 per cent compared with offenders dealt with in the prison system and 10.4 per cent for community orders.
Rethink Juvenile Justice Says Former Policeman
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Restorative Justice Unless the Northern Territory's juvenile detention centres can show they are giving teenagers a chance to learn, the Government should rethink their use, a former policeman says.
Real Justice Australia director, Terry O'Connell, believes restorative justice - a process that brings together the victims and offenders - would be more effective in reducing teenage crime in the Territory.
Mr O'Connell is holding a conference in Darwin for teachers and youth workers on his school-based restorative justice program.
