A new bench card on procedural fairness has been developed by the American Judges Association, the Center for Court Innovation, the National Center for State Courts, and the National Judicial College. Read more about this bench card and link to other Procedural Fairness resources on the wonderful blog of ProceduralFairness.org Or link straight to a … Continue reading Procedural fairness bench card (TJ Court Craft Series #11)
Forming the International Society for Therapeutic Jurisprudence!
The International Society for Therapeutic Jurisprudence (TJ Society) is a new, non-profit, learned association established to advance therapeutic jurisprudence (TJ), a school of legal philosophy and practice that examines the therapeutic and anti-therapeutic properties of laws and public policies, legal and dispute resolution systems, and legal institutions. TJ values psychologically healthy outcomes in legal disputes … Continue reading Forming the International Society for Therapeutic Jurisprudence!
Snapshot: Problem-solving courts in Maryland USA
Guest blogger Kathleen Seifert, Center for Families, Children and the Courts, Student Fellow (2016-2017): This semester, the CFCC Student Fellows learned about the importance of employing therapeutic jurisprudence[1] and preventive law[2] to maximize positive, therapeutic outcomes for people involved in various courts. Problem-solving courts “address matters that are under the court’s jurisdiction through a multidisciplinary and integrated … Continue reading Snapshot: Problem-solving courts in Maryland USA
Chief Justice: Non-adversarial approaches in criminal and civil law essential to “effective justice”
At the recent Second International Conference on Non-adversarial Justice: integrating theory and practice The Honourable Wayne Martin AC Chief Justice of Western Australia noted the limitations of a purely adversarial system and proposed that development and expansion of the principles of non-adversarial justice is essential if the criminal and civil legal systems are to provide effective … Continue reading Chief Justice: Non-adversarial approaches in criminal and civil law essential to “effective justice”
News from the 3rd Iberoamerican Therapeutic Jurisprudence Congress
In June Santiago de Compostela in Spain was host to the Iberoamerican Congress of Therapeutic Jurisprudence. Joaquin Lopez reflects on an energising two days... Although I knew of the existence of the Iberoamerican Association of Therapeutic Jurisprudence/La Asociación Iberoamericana de Justicia Terapéutica (AITJ), I attended the Congress knowing none of its 1000 members. Over two days, I … Continue reading News from the 3rd Iberoamerican Therapeutic Jurisprudence Congress
The ISTJ Blog 