律政書記
律政書記[1]（英語：law clerk），又稱司法書記[2]（judicial clerk）、司法助理[3]（judicial assistant），指在法庭席前向律師或法官提供意見及協助的人，負責研究法律問題及起草法律意見。[4][5]
律政書記與法律輔助人員及法庭書記為不同概念。在加拿大，「律政書記」有時亦用於指代法律輔助人員，在法庭環境中不宜混淆。
律政書記被認為是法律界最有聲望的職業之一，獲聘者通常是名校法學院名列前茅的應屆畢業生。[6]
英格蘭及威爾斯
在英格蘭及威爾斯，該職位稱為司法助理。[7]上訴法院及最高法院皆設有司法助理的職位。[8]最高法院司法助理為全職工作，任期一年。[9]曾有英國最高法院司法助理赴美國最高法院交換一週。[10]
參考
- ^ 律政司 - 招聘 - 現有的職位空缺 律政書記(公務員職位空缺). www.doj.gov.hk. [2024-03-02]. （原始内容存档于2024-03-02）.
- ^ 香港司法機構 - 書記主任辦事處的處理事宜. www.judiciary.hk. [2024-03-02]. （原始内容存档于2024-03-03）.
- ^ 終審法院 - 簡介. www.hkcfa.hk. [2024-03-02]. （原始内容存档于2024-03-02）.
- ^ Peppers, Todd C.; Zorn, Christopher. Law Clerk Influence on Supreme Court Decision Making. 14 June 2007. doi:10.2139/ssrn.925705.
- ^ Swanson, Rick A.; Wasby, Stephen L. GOOD STEWARDS: LAW CLERK INFLUENCE IN STATE HIGH COURTS. The Justice System Journal. 2008, 29 (1).
- ^ New Law School Ranking: Judicial Clerkship Jobs. US News & World Report. 3 September 2009 [29 July 2023]. （原始内容存档于2023-03-07）.
- ^ Holvast, Nina (March 2016). The Power Of The Judicial Assistant/Law Clerk: Looking Behind The Scenes At Courts In The United States, England And Wales, And The Netherlands. International Journal for Court Administration （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）. 7(2) (“The first Judicial Assistants were appointed to the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal in 1997.”) ISSN 2156-7964. DOI.
- ^ Judicial assistants in the Court of Appeal Civil Division (September 6, 2016). HMS Courts and Tribunals Service （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） Web site.
- ^ Careers, Supreme Court of the United Kingdom （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆） web site (2016) (“Judicial Assistants to the Justices. Annual fixed term appointments: September to July”.)
- ^ Supreme Courts: the US and UK compared. Law Society of Scotland. [2024-03-02]. （原始内容存档于2024-03-02） （英语）.
延伸閱讀
- Cohen, Jonathan Matthew. Inside Appellate Courts: The Impact of Court Organization on Judicial Decision Making in the United States Courts of Appeals. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press. 2002. ISBN 978-0-472-11256-2.
- Kenney, Sally J. Beyond Principals and Agents: Seeing Courts as Organizations by Comparing Referendaires at the European Court of Justice and Law Clerks at the U.S. Supreme Court. Comparative Political Studies. 2000, 33 (5): 593–625. S2CID 154787000. doi:10.1177/0010414000033005002.
- Strauss, Debra M. (2017). Behind the Bench: The Guide to Judicial Clerkships, Second Edition. St. Paul, MN: West Academic Publishing. ISBN 9781628103823
- Ward, Artemus; Weiden, David L. Sorcerers' Apprentices: 100 Years of Law Clerks at the United States Supreme Court. New York: NYU Press. 2006. ISBN 978-0-8147-9404-3.
