Course Description:

Who should the judges be? How should they be appointed? Once on the bench how do they go about making decisions? What persuades judges to agree with one side of the case? What role do appellate courts play in a judicial system? What is the purpose of a constitutional or supreme court? These are some of the questions to be examined in this course. Taught by Essex University's Richard Cornes, the course will draw on comparative material from Australia, Canada, the US, the UK and France to examine the judicial function. In addition to comparative analysis the course will draw on insights into the structure and operation of the judicial branch from political science and sociology. The course will be of interest both to those who seek to work in the courts as well as candidates contemplating further academic study of the judiciary.

Course Type:

Lecture
Each two-hour session is going to take 120 minutes. Please be there at 12 o'clock sharp. The academic quarter does not apply.

Course Registration:

Enrollment is limited to 20 participants. Prior registration is mandatory. Please register per e-mail with Grit Rother at: g.rother@fu-berlin.de by April 11th, 2014, 12 p.m. The information whether you will be admitted to this course or not will be released in the afternoon of April 11th.
As long as there are still seats available after April 11th, they will be allocated according to the principle "first come, first served" if you register via e-mail until May 2nd, 2014.

Exam:

The assessment will be a take home examination.

Frequency:

This course will be taught at irregular intervals. It will be available in the summer term 2014. close