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31Oct

New RC09 Executive Board Approved

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A new executive board has been approved for RC09 for the four-year period from 2026-2029. The new members are listed below. Please feel free to contact them anytime about RC09 activities, events, and membership!

Chair

Ashley Moran, University of Texas at Austin, United States

Treasurer

Christopher Zorn, Pennsylvania State University, United States

Board Members

Cristina Dallara, University of Bologna, Italy
José Mário Wanderley Gomes Neto, Catholic University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Ana Carolina Annunciato Inojosa de Andrade, Lawyer, Brazil
Javier Martín Reyes, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Daniela Piana, University of Bologna, Italy
Peter Panutto, Pontifical Catholic University of Campinas, Brazil
Rebecca A. Reid, University of Texas at El Paso, United States
Luigi Rullo, University of Naples Federico II, Italy
Raúl Sánchez Urribarrí, La Trobe University, Australia

05Sep

Postdoctoral Researcher and Research Assistant Positions at the University of Hanover

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Applications are now being accepted for a Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Researcher position at the University of Hanover. Both positions are in the subfield of judicial politics/comparative politics.

The deadline for applications is September 30th, 2014. The positions are available from October 15th, 2014, or thereafter.

24Jul

New RC09 Executive Approved

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A new Executive has been approved for the 2014-2016 period for RC09:

Convenor

Charles Anthony Smith
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
University of California, Irvine
casmith@uci.edu

Secretary

James Kelly
Professor
Department of Political Science
Concordia University
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
james.kelly@concordia.ca

Executive Committee

Walter Carnota
University of Buenos Aires
Argentina

Rhonda Evans Case
University of Texas at Austin
USA

Mahmoud Hamad
Drake University (USA) and Cairo University (Egypt)

James Kelly
Concordia University
Canada

Lígia Mori Madeira
Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul
Brazil

Alex Schwartz
Queen’s University Belfast
United Kingdom

Tony Smith
Univerisity of California, Irvine
USA

Michael Tolley
Northeastern University
USA

25Jul

Election of New Executive Council, 2012-2015

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Elections were held for RC09's Executive Council during the 22nd World Congress of IPSA, Madrid Spain, July 8-12, 2012. The composition of RC09's governing body for 2012-2015 is as follows:

Officers

Convenor : Daniela Piana, University of Bologna (Italy)
Treasurer : Anthony Charles Smith, University of California-Irvine (USA)

Executive Council

Daniela Piana, University of Bologna (Italy)
Tony Smith, Univerisity of California, Irvine (USA)
Walter Carnota, University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Rhonda Evans Case, East Carolina University (USA)
Mahmoud Hamad, Drake University (USA) and Cairo University (Egypt)
Lígia Mori Madeira, Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)
Wayne Sandholtz, University of California-Irvine (USA)

05Apr

Incoming Convenor and Treasurer, 2012-2015

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RC09 (Comparative Judicial Studies) is pleased to announce the following appointments, effective July 1, 2012:

  • Convenor: Dr. Daniela Piana, University of Bologna, Italy
  • Treasurer: Dr. Anthony Smith, University of California, Irvine, US

29Jul

Election of Next Convenor and Treasurer of RC09, 2012-2015

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The Executive Committee is pleased to announce the election of the next Convenor and Treasurer of RC09 (2012-2015), which occurred at its recent meeting at the University of California, Irvine. The incoming Convenor of RC09 is Daniela Piana (University of Bologna) and the incoming Treasurer is Tony Smith (University of California, Irvine).

08Jul

Latest Member of the Executive Committee

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RC09 is pleased to announce that Tony Smith (Univeristy of California, Irvine) has joined the Executive Commitee, 2011-2012.

23Dec

The Politics of Judicial Independence in Britain’s Changing Constitution

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Academics from Queen Mary, University of London, University College London and the University of Birmingham have been awarded funding for a three year research project on ‘The Politics of Judicial Independence in Britain’s Changing Constitution’. The project is rooted in the heightened tensions which have arisen between politicians and the judges in the UK in recent years, in the light of the increasing influence of the judiciary. That in turn has triggered a growing debate about judicial independence and judicial accountability. The project will have a strong comparative dimension, drawing on experiences in other jurisdictions to help make sense of current developments in the UK.

More details of the project can be found at: http://www.ucl.ac.uk/constitution-unit/research/judicial-independence

06Jul

Menu for Justice - Toward a European Curriculum Studiorum on Judicial Studies

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The Project

A common legal framework and a convergent judicial culture represent one of the pillars on which the European integration process has been pivoting since its very beginning. Today, more than ever, the understanding and the maintenance of the tempo and the direction of the integration need to rely on a common language with which Europeans and European policy makers develop a dialogue across domestic and cultural differences.

Menu for Justice is the first European project that takes seriously the issue of how young generations should be trained in law and legal matters and how the prospective experts of law and courts should be provided of new skills and competences to effectively face the challenges of a common judicial space. By devoting three years of common work among fifty partners in Europe, the project aims at assessing principal shortcomings of legal education, developing an innovative curriculum studiorum in judicial studies, and offering the EU and the public basic guidelines to monitor the way legal and judicial training are changing in the EU, all over the cycles of education (from undergraduate to graduate, PhD programs and vocational learning).

Please visit Menu for Justice at https://www.academic-projects.eu/menuforjustice/default.aspx

22Jul

New Executive Committee Member

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The Executive Committee welcomes the newest member, Daniela Piana, from the University of Bologna. Daniela’s appointment was confirmed during the recent RC09 Business Meeting at IPSA 2009 in Santiago, Chile.

02Jul

Welcome to the Website of the Research Committee on Comparative Judicial Studies (RC09)

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The Research Committee for Comparative Judicial Studies (RC09) is one of 49 active research committees of the International Political Science Association. Our purpose is to promote scholarly work on law, courts, and judicial processes from a comparative perspective. Ultimately, we seek to bring the study of the various dimensions of judicial systems within the mainstream of comparative political research. RC09 encourages comparative research on judicial systems and the participation of scholars in our program regardless of the disciplinary origins and commitments of those who do the research.