There have been several examples of government interference with the judiciary over recent years such as allegations that judges have been reassigned temporarily to another court or judicial district in order to remove them from a particular case.
The main problems in the Italian judiciary are the excessively lengthy trials and the influence of corruption and organized crime on political and economic life which have important repercussions for judicial activity.
The Israeli judicial system guarantees judicial independence and this is respected by the government. However, the courts tend to acquiesce in government arguments of national security in sensitive cases.
Attention in Australia in late 1999, early 2000, was focused on the issue of mandatory sentencing.
The Indonesian Constitution has little practical effect. Effective judicial review is absent and the judiciary depends upon the executive, in both legal and administrative terms.
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