Rule of Law in Morocco: a Journey Towards a Better Judiciary Through the Implementation of the 2011 Constitutional Reforms
RULE OF LAW IN MOROCCO: A JOURNEY TOWARDS A BETTER JUDICIARY THROUGH THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE 2011 CONSTITUTIONAL REFORMS Norman L. Greene I. OVERVIEW AND INTRODUCTION ........................ 458 A. Rule ofLaw and Judicial Reform ....................... 458 B. What Is a Good JudicialSystem: Basic Principles................459 C. The Key Elements: Independent Structure, Behavior and Education, andAccess ........................... 462 * Copyright C 2012 by Norman L. Greene. The author is a United States lawyer in New York, N.Y. who has written and spoken extensively on judicial reform, including judicial independence; the design of judicial selection systems and codes; and domestic and international concepts of the rule of law. See e.g., Norman L. Greene, The Judicial Independence Through Fair Appointments Act, 34 FORDHAM URB. L.J. 13 (2007) and his other articles referenced below, including Norman L. Greene, How Great Is America's Tolerancefor Judicial Bias? An Inquiry into the Supreme Court's Decisions in Caperton and Citizens United, Their Implicationsfor JudicialElections, and Their Effect on the Rule of Law in the United States, 112 W.VA. L. REV. 873 (2010), and Norman L. Greene, Perspectivesfrom the Rule of Law and InternationalEconomic Development: Are There Lessons for the Reform of Judicial Selection in the United States?, 86 DENV. U. L. REV. 53 (2008). He has previously written a number of articles regarding Morocco, including its judiciary, its history, and Moroccan-American affairs. His earlier article on the Moroccan judiciary was published before the adoption of the 2011 Moroccan constitutional reforms as Norman L. Greene, Morocco: Beyond King's Speech & Constitutional Reform: An Introduction to Implementing a Vision of an Improved Judiciary in Morocco, MOROCCOBOARD NEWS SERVICE (Apr.
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