Summary: What's a judicial Code of Conduct? What does it mean for a judiciary to be truly independent from other branches of government? Does everyone have fair access to justice?In this month's Africa Conversations podcast, we invited Mrs. Barbara Villez, Law expert and former Chair of the Department of Anglophone Studeis at the University of Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint Denis, Mr. Thomas Atenga, Research Scholar in Political Science at the University in Nantes, and Mrs. Kathy Atkisson, military lawyer and litigator to look closely at each of these to issues in African and American contexts and to give us their expert perspectives.Judicial reform was one of the key issues on President Obama's agenda during his three country tour of Africa. While in Senegal, he held a closed-door roundtable meeting with 11 African Supreme Court Justices to discuss issues concerning judicial reform, and reinforced the necessity of a strong independent justice system as an essential part of good governance practices.Photo above: The U.S. Supreme Court AP Photo
