Some states codify the judicial immunity doctrine in statutes. Most legislatures, including Congress, let court decisions govern the issue. Judicial immunity is a common-law concept, derived from judicial decisions. It originated in the courts of medieval Europe to discourage persons from attacking a...
After the 1974 news conference, one Singapore paper took up the issue of scarring in an editorial, suggesting that "[...] marking a criminal for life -- even on a spot not immediately visible to others -- smacks of barbaric medievalism". The editorial also criticised the whole tone ...
Western Legal systems can be classified into two categories: adversarial and inquisitorial. The outcome of the first one is the result of the efforts and resources of two opposing parties (prosecutor vs defendant) arbitrated by the judge of the process. Differently, in the inquisitorial system the...