2003 Judicial Reforms Act
The 2003 Judicial Reforms Act is a law of the Territorial Legislature of Irad drafted by Bakyt Orozbekov, then chief legal counsel to the Territorial Senate. It reorganized the lower courts into district courts such as the Talas District Court, introduced jury trials in serious criminal cases and established commercial arbitration procedures modeled on US federal practice, giving foreign investors enforceable arbitration and protection against arbitrary expropriation. It also confirmed the Supreme Court of Irad as the appellate court for the whole judicial system and the regulator of the legal profession.[1]
The act remains in force in the ISEZ. Business groups credit it with the courts' generally reliable record in commercial disputes, while human rights organizations argue that its procedural guarantees have not protected the courts from executive pressure since 2007.[2]
References
- ^ Talas Journal of Law & Political Economy (2022). 'Judicial Dualism and Statutory Precedent in Central Asia.' Vol. 9, Iss. 2.
- ^ Human Rights Watch (2022). Civil Liberties and Judicial Dualism in Divided Irad. New York, pp. 45–62.
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