Courts have power to force compliance but question of

Courts have power to force compliance, but question of application of
international law decisions
 Still influential on domestic law, however
International Courts: An Overview
 Trial courts inquisitional in most countries

 Judicial independence
 Structure
 Appointments and tenure
Specific Example: Canada
 Very similar to US
-Common law tradition
-Federal system
-Supreme Court controls docket
-Appointments to federal courts
 However, key differences
-Provincial court appointments
-Legislative veto
-Heavier reliance on foreign law
Specific Example: Nigeria
 New democracy, new judicial independence
 (Semi-) unitary court system
 Interesting mix of law and customs
 Struggling to make its mark
Final Thoughts
 Judiciary matters
 Judiciary classes  Those below: you will probably hate them Brown teaches
them
 POLS 431 (Constitutional Law: Criminal Justice)
 POLS442 (Administrative Law and Regulatory Policymaking)
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FINAL EXAM NOTES:
 Monism is the theory of law that international law should be a factor in domestic
cases in other words under monist theory international law should be just as
much a part of the legal system as the
 Dualism; domestic law should trump international treaties and laws
 Voir dire- jury selection process when lawyer come in and interrogates jurors to
decide which will serve on the jury .

 Stare decisis- “let the decision stand”, theory judges should almost always refer
to precedent (just need to know the definition)