THE SMART NEWS SOURCE | Feb 10 2012 12:08 | LAST UPDATED Feb 10 2012 12:08 |
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Lawyers join call for judges to show and tellJudges should disclose their financial and business interests, a group of lawyers says. But that shouldn't necessarily apply to their relatives. To judge the judgmentsThe Cabinet wants an independent review of decisions made by the Constitutional Court. Good: the executive may learn something. JSC's failure leaves the country in the dark about MogoengUltimately the president has the power to appoint the chief justice, but this does not mean the JSC should act as a rubber stamp. Adrift from our democratic mooringsWhy is President Jacob Zuma and the JSC imposing Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng as our chief justice when he is clearly unsuitable for the position? Time to reconstitute the NPAJackie Selebi's conviction has been a victory for the independence of the judiciary, but now the onus is on the NPA to prove itself. McBride was convicted -- period!If someone was convicted of murder but later granted amnesty for their action, does that mean we should no longer call him or her a murderer? New-look judiciary mootedChief Justice Sandile Ngcobo is setting out to transfer the administrative side of the courts to the judiciary. When the legal numbers don’t add upThe recent spate of appointments to the Bench has again focused attention on the criteria for judicial appointment. Sharpen your aimLaw and order has almost always been a political no-brainer; even in the most tranquil of democracies voters thrill to the rhetoric of the big stick. Battles of Bench and BarHow race -- and Judge John Hlophe -- turned the judiciary upside down. Sello S Alcock reports. |
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