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Trends in the Judiciary Interviews with Judges Across the Globe, Volume Four
Trends in the Judiciary: Interviews with Judges from Across the Globe, Volume Four, provides insights into the lives, working environments, and social milieus of a select group of judges. These legal luminaries, often viewed as pedantic in their ontology, serve the crucial role of preserving the human rights of individuals. This text offers detailed data emanating from the narratives of judges who were interviewed by a wide range of academicians, from emerging and mid-career scholars to professionals and established professors. The narratives of the judges are interspersed with research data and country details in an effort to enhance the knowledge base of the readership.
Judges from Asia, Africa, the Caribbean, Europe, the Pacific Islands, New Zealand, North America, and South America all contributed to this text by sharing information on their careers as well as insights as they traversed their profession. The readership of this manuscript will experience the thought processes of judges in relation to the social, cultural, economic, and political context of their respective nations and the gender issues, subtle attempts at juridical control, dealing with powerful criminals, and the lives of judges who have other interests besides "interpreting and applying the law."
The international, cross-cultural perspectives presented in this book should be of significant interest to academics, practitioners, students, criminologists, and the criminal justice community, and those interested in comparative legal studies across the globe.
Introduction
Part I: The Caribbean
1. Interview with The Honourable Justice M.E. Birnie Stephenson, High Court Judge, The Commonwealth of Dominica
Peter K.B. St. Jean
2. Interview with the Honorable Justice Charmaine Althea Joy Pemberton, Court of Appeal, The Judiciary of Trinidad and Tobago
Curlene G. Bastaldo
Part II: North America
3. Interview with The Honourable Justice Dr. Irving André, Superior Court Judge, Ontario, Canada. The Judiciary of Canada
L. Daisy Henderson and Peter K.B. St. Jean
4. Interview with The Honourable Judge Staci M. Yandle, United States District Court, Southern District, Illinois. The Judiciary of the United States of America
Huma Zia
5. Interview with Judge Wanda K. Heard, Circuit Court for Baltimore City, USA.
Michael M. Berlin
Part III: South America
6. Interview with Judge Ariel Oscar Lijo, Judge in charge of the Federal Court Number 4 on Criminal Matters, Argentina
Sebastián Sal
Part IV: Asia, Pacific Islands, and New Zealand
7. Interview with His Lordship Justice Yasantha Kodagoda, President’s Counsel, Judge of the Supreme Court of Sri Lanka
Salma Yusuf and Shyamika Jayasundara-Smits
8. Interview with The Honourable Mr. Deepthi Amaratunga, High Court Judge, The Judiciary of The Republic of Fiji
Casandra C. Harry
9. Interview with the Honorable Chief Justice Sir Gibbs Salika, Chief Justice of Papua New Guinea
Arvind Patel and Suwastika Naidu
10. Interview with the Honourable Justice Sir Joe Williams, The New Zealand Supreme Court
Mihiata Pirini
Part V: Africa
11. Interview with Honourable Justice Mosunmola Akinola Dipeolu, Chief Judge, Ogun State Judiciary, Nigeria
Richard A. Aborisade
12. An Interview with Justice Mbuyiseli Madlanga, Justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa
Zintle Siwisa-Thompson and Paul Thompson
Part VI: Europe
13. Interview with Judge Saale Laos, Judge of the Estonian Supreme Court, The Estonian Judiciary
Mari-Liis Sööt
14. Interview with Judge Anna Maria Wesołowska, Regional Court Judge. The Judiciary of the Republic of Poland
Ewa M. Guzik-Makaruk and Aleksandra Stachelska
15. Interview with Aleksandar Blanuša, Judge and a Vice President of the Appellate Court in Kragujevac, Serbia
Branislav Simonović
16. Interview with Justice Dr. Zlatan Dežman, Senior Judge at the High Court in Maribor, Slovenia. The Judiciary of the Republic of Slovenia
Benjamin Flander
17. Interview with Sheriff Andrew M. Cubie, Glasgow Sheriff Court, the Judiciary of Scotland
Ross Deuchar and Allan T. Moore
18. Interview with The Honourable Lord Tyre CBE, Judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland. The Judiciary of Scotland
Fiona Jamieson
Conclusion: Understanding Judges within the Criminal Justice System: A Global Snapshot
Appendix: Questionnaire and Writing Guide Used by the Contributors
Biography
Wendell C. Wallace is a lecturer in criminology and criminal justice at The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine and Chair of The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine-Police Research Group (UWISA-PRG). Dr. Wallace is also a barrister who has been called to the Bar in both England and Wales and Trinidad and Tobago as well as a certified mediator with the Mediation Board of Trinidad and Tobago. Much of his work focuses on policing, gangs, violence (domestic and school), criminal justice reform, and the tourism/crime nexus.
Mich
ael M. Berlin is the coordinator of the Criminal Justice Graduate Program and an associate professor at Coppin State University in Baltimore, Maryland. Dr. Berlin’s areas of specialization include constitutional law and criminal procedure, community policing, criminal justice leadership and management, and terrorism/homeland security. He is also an attorney with more than 20 years’ experience in private practice and a former Baltimore police officer.Dilip K. Das has years of experience in police practice, research, writing, and education. A professor of criminal justice, former police chief, founding editor-in-chief of Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, Dr. Das is a human rights consultant to the United Nations. He serves as president of the International Police Executive Symposium (IPES, www.ipes.info) and manages the affairs of the organization in cooperation with an appointed group of police practitioners, academia members, and individuals from around the world.
