Fricke, Kris C.J. 2007 Codex Judicialis
January
17th,
Previously, the ASUCD Court has operated under the rules and procedures set forth in the Senate-written Judicial Codes. While we appreciate their assistance in initiating judicial protocols, the time has come for the Court to take up the matter in their own hands. The existing Judicial Codes require substantial revision, and the Court can do this substantially more effectively without the delays of the separate process of the legislative branch. As the United States Supreme Court operates on procedures theyve set in place themselves, and has written the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure which guide the federal court system; and the California Association of Courts (AOC) and Judicial Council promulgate the rules and procedures followed in California Courts; and every other university supreme court writes its own bylaws; there is no precedent for a Court not to write its own protocols. Utilizing the experience weve gained administrating the ASUCD judicial system thus far, and inspiration from the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and California Guideline of Judicial Ethics and the rules of the US Supreme Court and the judicial rules of UCLA and UC Berkeley, and utilizing own our former Judicial Codes as a foundation, we now set forth the best judicial rules we can imagine. To differentiate this new document from the one it replaces, it will be called the Judicial Codex. Because this Directive makes major changes, it will not immediately become effective. Upon passage of this Directive, its effects will be publicized, and interested parties will have a week to object. If there are no objections after a week, this Directive (and therefore the Codex) will come into full effect. If there are objections, the Court shall hold a hearing in accordance with Format IV of the Judicial Codex, after which it may be made effective in whole, or in part, or not at all. Section 1 This Directive being approved on Janu...