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throughout the world. 􀂔\u003Cbr>GUIDANCE FOR PROMOTING JUDICIAL INDEPENDENCE AND IMPARTIALITY\u003Cbr>Revised Edition\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>\u003Cbr>January 2002\u003Cbr>Technical Publication Series\u003Cbr>Office of Democracy and Governance Bureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance\u003Cbr>U.S. Agency for International Development Washington, DC 20523-3100 |  |\n| --- | --- |\n|  |  |\n\nTO ORDER THIS DOCUMENT FROM THE DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE CLEARINGHOUSE:  \n· Please reference the document title (Guidance for Promoting Judicial Independence and Impartiality􀂗 Revised Edition) and document identification number (PN-ACM-007) .  \n· USAID employees, USAID contractors overseas, and USAID sponsored organizations overseas may order documents at no charge.  \n· Universities, research centers, government offices, and other institutions located in developing countries may order up to five titles at no charge.  \n· All other institutions and individuals may purchase documents. Do not send payment. When applicable, reproduction and postage costs will be billed.  \nFax orders to (703) 351-4039 Attn: USAID Development Experience Clearinghouse (DEC)  \nE-mail orders [to](to docorder@dec.cdie.org)[ docorder@dec.cdie.org](to docorder@dec.cdie.org)  \nABOUT THE TECHNICAL PUBLICATION SERIES  \nThe USAID Office of Democracy and Governance Technical Publication Series was launched in March 1998. The series includes publications intended principally for USAID personnel; however, all persons interested in the sector may benefit from the series. Authors of individual publications may be USAID officials and/or other individuals from the public and private sector. The Office of Democracy and Governance reserves the right to review and edit all publications for content and format and all are subject to a broad USAID review process. The series is intended in part to indicate best practices, lessons learned, and guidelines for practitioner consideration. The series also includes publications that are intended to stimulate debate and discussion.  \nA list of other relevant publications and ordering information are included at the back of this document.  \nABOUT THIS PUBLICATION  \nJudicial independence lies at the heart of a well-functioning judiciary and is the cornerstone of a democratic, market-based society based on the rule of law. In examining it, this study seeks to meet three objectives: (1) to test the validity of our current programmatic approaches to judicial independence; (2) to bring together experts in the field to address the most intransigent problems involved in promoting judicial independence; and (3) to produce a document that would help to guide our field officers.  \nComments regarding this publication and inquiries regardingjudicial independence and impartiality should be directed to  \nMichael Miklaucic, Acting Team Leader Rule of Law Team  \nTel: (202) 712-1982  \nFax: (202) 216-3231  \n[mmiklaucic@usaid.gov](mmiklaucic@usaid.gov)  \nOffice of Democracy and Governance  \nBureau for Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance  \nU.S. Agency for International Development Washington, DC 20523-3100  \nMore information, including electronic versions ofthe DG Office􀂒s Technical Publication Series, is available from the DG Office􀂒s Intranet site at http://inside.usaid.gov/G/DG/ and USAID􀂒s democracy Internet site at [http://www.usaid.gov/democracy/](http://www.usaid.gov/democracy/)  \nABOUT THE OFFICE  \nThe Office of Democracy and Governance is the U.S. Agency for International Development􀂒s focal point for democracy and governance programming. The DG Office􀂒s role is to provide USAID and other development practitioners with the technical and intellectual expertise needed to support democratic development. 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