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Meaning of "lay judges"

Lay judges: Individuals from the general public selected to assist in legal proceedings or serve as judges in certain courts. This phrase is usually used in the context of legal systems that incorporate lay participation in decision-making
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Lay judges are elected by local government councils.
Some provisions on the status of lay judges.
Lay judges are appointed for four years.
Municipal councils appoint lay judges to district courts.
The lay judges exercised judicial functions.
Appointment of jurors and lay judges.
The system with lay judges will be preserved.
It was composed of two judges and three lay judges.
There are lay judges in courts as well.
Number of judges and lay judges.
The interference of lay judges in capital or criminal causes of ecclesiastics.
Status of judges and lay judges.
Lay judges comprise the majority of the judicial panel.
More information about lay judges would also be appreciated.
This is particularly so where a case is to be tried before lay judges or a jury.

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Limits the participation of lay judges in the hearing of selected cases.
Lay judges have equal rights with judges in the administration of justice.
Judges and lay judges.
Recruitment of lay judges and jurors with ethnic minority backgrounds.
To determine the number of judges and lay judges in a court.
Finland employs lay judges in serious cases in the district courts.
And election of lay judges.
One of the lay judges of the first instance court shall be a pedagogist.
Special rules regarding appointment of lay judges apply to maritime cases.
Judges and lay judges are independent and subject only to the law.
The appellate court make use of lay judges in criminal cases only.
The case was decided jointly by a judge and three appointed lay judges.
The information given to lay judges is up to the individual court and judge.
Denmark has a court system comprising professional judges and lay judges.
One professional judge and two lay judges sat in courts of first instance.
Lay judges are not given any special training regarding violence against women.
Difficulty in finding persons willing to serve as lay judges also resulted in delays.
Lay judges participate in deciding both the facts of the case and sentencing.
His case was considered by a tribunal composed of a professional judge and two lay judges.
The judgements delivered by lay judges rested on objective evidence and forensic investigation.
His case was considered by a court composed of one professional judge and two lay judges.
The lay judges are paid for every day of actual exercise of their duty.
This would facilitate the work of the newly appointed law commissioners or lay judges.
Lay judges are therefore usually selected from among nominees of ruling political parties.
Professional lawyers and politicians may not serve as lay judges in the new system.
Lay judges were in use in the Soviet Union.
The three professional judges and the six lay judges will make decisions by majority.
He would render assistance on questions of law to the two lay Judges.
The use of lay judges in Sweden goes back to Medieval times.
Ii Training of local police and lay judges.
Do the lay judges have any more questions?
The Pristina trial chamber consisted of a presiding judge sitting with two lay judges.
Train lay judges on the subject of violence against women ;.
Tournaments employ a mixed pool of judges, but are mostly made up of lay judges.
In most cases, two lay judges sit alongside one professional judge.

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