Press JSCA Following the Chilean government’s decision to revisit legislative discussion of the civil procedure reform and propose changes to the system currently used to appoint judges, the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) shared its opinion of both bills as the agency responsible for promoting judicial modernization in the 34 member states of the Organization of American States (OAS). “Chile needs to overhaul its civil…
Press JSCA The Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) presents the publication Comparative Studies on Civil Justice System Reform in China and Japan, Volume III in the context of the project “Improving access to civil justice in Latin America,” which is financed by Global Affairs Canada (GAC). The volume complements the previous installments in this series, which analyze civil justice systems in Germany, Spain and…
Press JSCA On Monday, April 19, the Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA) published the Manual on litigating complex environmental civil cases written by Argentine professor Juan Sebastián Lloret. The publication was launched during the virtual seminar “Environmental Civil Litigation in Latin America: Challenges and Vision” in the context of the project “Improving access to justice in Latin America,” which is financed by Global Affairs Canada…
Press JSCA Two virtual courses have been announced that will provide tools for strengthening the use of oral procedures and will present structural discussions on the institution of civil trial by jury The Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA), the Chaco Province Government and the province’s Superior Court signed cooperation agreements on Tuesday. The main objective of the cooperation agreement is to develop a joint work…
Press JSCA National and international human rights experts will take part in the activity. The Justice Studies Center of the Americas (JSCA), the Due Process of Law Foundation (DPLF) and the Universidad de Chile Human Rights Center invite anyone interested to participate in the seminar “Standards of judicial investigation of serious human rights violations in contexts of social protest in Latin America.” The event will be held…
