期刊名称：International Journal for Court Administration
印刷版ISSN：2156-7964
电子版ISSN：2156-7964
出版年度：2012
卷号：4
期号：2
出版社：International Association for Court Administration
摘要：On 16 February 2004, then-Transitional Chief Justice Harry Cooper of the Liberian Supreme Court dispatched a letter to then-U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Cooper described The Republic of Liberia as “…emerging from an extended civil upheaval that has taken its toll on all facets of our society and governmental institutions. The Judiciary was not spared. We need assistance in the rebuilding process.” The letter requested assistance to “…provide needed capacity building.” Later that year, the U.S. Departments of Justice and State jointly dispatched a small team of federal officials to travel to Liberia to assess the status of its beleaguered justice and law enforcement systems. I was asked to serve on the team. Oversight would be exercised by the U.S. Embassy, which directed the investigation be confined to Monrovia for our security. I objected, arguing that would result in a skewed assessment. Eventually we negotiated travel aboard UN choppers to Buchanan, Zwedru, Grbanga, and Voinjama, deep in Liberia’s Hinterland.
