Monday, March 31, 2008

New Code of Conduct for Judges Adopted

Apparently this is the first established code of conduct for judges. It is overseen by Judges to enforce this when complaints are received of judicial wrongdoing.

The first link is to the Code which is a pdf file and the second link is the news article on this.

http://www.uscourts.gov/library/Proposed_Revised_Code_02-29-08.pdf

http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1205232267963

While it is a first step, the question is whether or not the Judges can oversee themselves effectively.

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