Experienced justice: gender, judging and appellate courts di Hilly, LE

“...However, this thesis takes a step back to ask a broader question: what impact does gender diversity have upon judicial decision making in appellate courts? It seeks to answer this question by engaging feminist standpoint theory to assess the experiences of men and women judges from three common law jurisdictions: England, South Africa and Australia. ...”

Appellate court and sentencing - Tan Sri Abdul Rahim bin Mohd. Noor v Public Prosecutor di Kamarudin, Abdul Rani

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Charting death penalty abolition through abolitionist de facto states di Clesi, AB

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Plainly wrong di Perry, A

“...English law and wider common law jurisprudence have endorsed the condition that an appellate court should reject a trial judge's finding of fact which it believes is “plainly wrong”. ...”

Are litigants, trials and precedents vanishing after all? di Mulcahy, L, Teeder, W

“...It shows that, despite contra-predictions, the number of appellate court judgments has increased while cases coming into the system and proceeding to trial have decreased. ...”

The duty of care: a comparative common law analysis di Plunkett, J

“...Finally, the thesis provides an overview of an empirical study of ultimate appellate court duty decisions, investigating, among other things, whether the understanding of duty provided in the thesis is consistent with the practice of the courts....”

Bankruptcy in early modern England: bankruptcy and insolvency in the early modern Court of Chancery, 1543-1628 di Stolker, FC

“...This meant that the Court of Chancery effectively worked as an appellate court for the decisions of commissions of bankrupts....”

Virtual court hearings: judicial perspective from Ontario judgments di Wong, A

“...Through a systematic content analysis of reported judicial decisions from the superior trial court and appellate court in Ontario between 16 March 2017 and 17 December 2021, this thesis tackles the question: To what extent do reported decisions by Ontario judges confirm or challenge concerns about virtual hearings expressed in scholarly debates about the topic? ...”

Constitutionalism under China: Strategic Interpretation of the Hong Kong Basic Law in Comparative Perspective di Ip, E, Ip, Chi Yeung Eric

“...It is widely believed that the competence of the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal – a cosmopolitan common law final appellate court – to strike down legislative and executive acts, and its ability to induce the regime’s compliance with its rulings, is intrinsic to the Basic Law, just as it is in liberal democracies. ...”

The mind on trial: mental illness and capital punishment in America's highest execution state di Deambrogio, C

“...Drawing from critical theory and cultural studies, the thesis argues that despite their claims to scientific objectivity and legal neutrality, American psycho-legal theorists and Texas expert witnesses, defence attorneys, prosecutors, and appellate courts provide morally charged descriptions of mentally ill offenders which reveal a far from dispassionate approach. ...”