Publications

Publications

The Following Reports are available for purchase. Other reports from Conferences are available for Individual Members through the Membership Area. To join as an Individual Member, please go to the Membership page.

Postage and Packing charge per item:
UK – £5
Europe – £10
The Rest of the World – £15

 

PRINCIPLES AND DECLARATIONS

The Commonwealth Principles (Latimer House) on the Three Branches of Government
(includes the Latimer House Guidelines on Parliamentary Supremancy and Judicial Independence, the Nairobi Plan of Action for Africa and the Edinburgh Plan of Action for the Development and Implementation of the Commonwealth Latimer House Principles).

Copies available from the CMJA or click here to access the documents.


HISTORY OF THE CMJA 1970-2020

Due to the weight of the book, a special postage rate applies for orders from Europe or the Rest of the World.

Postage to Europe – £13
Postage to the Rest of the World – £30


MANUALS AND TOOLKITS

A Guide for the Magistrate in the Commonwealth: Fundamental Principles and Recommended Practices

Formerly “The Magistrate in the Commonwealth : A Training Manual”
Updated: August 2021
Available in hard copy (£5.00) or CD (£5.00). Both versions £10.00
Available free to Individual Members on the Membership Area.


Gender and Human Rights Toolkit

Containing the International/Commonwealth regional instruments for use by paralegals/lawyers and judicial officers. Updated 2010. CD version only.


Publications – Reports on Reports on Seminars, Conferences and Meetings can be viewed by clicking here.

COMMONWEALTH JUDICIAL JOURNAL
Free to members (or £20.00 per copy)
Last issue Volume 26, No 4, December 2023

Contents

Editorial

Call For Submissions

Karl Laird:  “Deferred Prosecution Agreements— The UK Experience (Part II)”
Jennifer Eady:  “A New Approach to Judicial Wellbeing in England and Wales”
Janis Sarra:  “The Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative: Advancing Scholarship and Practice in Effective
Climate Governance” 
Rachel Cahill-O’Callaghan:  “Hidden Influence: Extra-Legal Factors in Judicial Decision Making”
Thomas Crabtree:  “Judicial Education in Canada: Lessons Learned From a Pandemic and the Path Forward”
Alice Irving:  “How Not to Talk About Capacity and Mental Illness”

LAW REPORT
Parker v. Forsyth and Others

BOOK REVIEW
Making Decisions Judicially— A Guide for Decision Makers

 

Previous volumes available – click here to join or request information on subscriptions or costs of copies of individual journals.

If you are a legal or judicial officer and would like to contribute to the journal please click here for ways to contribute and contact the Editor on: info@cmja.org


CMJA NEWS
Free to members

Last issue Volume 53, April2024

Contents:

Editorial
Commonwealth Day Message from His Majesty the King
CMJA Annual Conference, Cardiff
Commonwealth (Latimer House) Guidelines at Twenty-Five
East African Magistrates’ and Judges’ Association Conference
Gambia Capacity Building
Commonwealth Military Justice Report
World Justice Project
Judicial Independence Issues
New Members


Annual subscription to the CMJA Journal and Newsletter. £60 including postage.