Kangaroo court

Kangaroo court is an informal pejorative term for a court that ignores recognized standards of law or justice, carries little or no official standing in the territory within which it resides, and is typically convened ad hoc.^[1] A kangaroo court may ignore due process and come to a predetermined conclusion. The term is also used for a court held by a legitimate judicial authority, but which intentionally disregards the court's legal or ethical obligations (compare show trial).^[2]

A kangaroo court could also develop when the structure and operation of the forum result in an inferior brand of adjudication. A common example of this is when institutional disputants ("repeat players") have excessive and unfair structural advantages over individual disputants ("one-shot players").^[3]

^ Scharf, Michael P. (2006). "The United States and the International Criminal Court: A Recommendation for the Bush Administration". ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law. 2: 385.
^ "Kangaroo court". Wex. Cornell Law School. Archived from the original on August 23, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2020.
^ Stempel, Jeffrey W. (December 30, 2007). "Keeping Arbitrations from Becoming Kangaroo Courts". Nevada Law Review. 8. UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies: 251. Research Paper 08-05. Archived from the original on August 23, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023.

[1] Scharf, Michael P. (2006). "The United States and the International Criminal Court: A Recommendation for the Bush Administration". ILSA Journal of International and Comparative Law. 2: 385.

[2] "Kangaroo court". Wex. Cornell Law School. Archived from the original on August 23, 2023. Retrieved July 6, 2020.

[3] Stempel, Jeffrey W. (December 30, 2007). "Keeping Arbitrations from Becoming Kangaroo Courts". Nevada Law Review. 8. UNLV William S. Boyd School of Law Legal Studies: 251. Research Paper 08-05. Archived from the original on August 23, 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023.

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