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I prepared this rough draft after reading Wintermoot's judicial amendment closely and realizing the number of things it assigns the Storting to complete.  I'm hoping this can solve a lot of the justice reform issues we've all been itching to tackle.  I understand this is likely something that will persist into the next Storting, so I authorize future skrifa to introduce this bill into any session of the Underhusen once it reaches a state of completion.

Note: I use language from Wintermoot's proposed judicial amendment, however, in the event it doesn't pass, it can easily be removed or amended.  While it was created as a response to WM's amendment, this act need not perish if the amendment does.

Omnibus Judicial Procedure Act

1. Title
1.1 This act shall be cited as the Omnibus Judicial Procedure Act
2. Approval of Lagmen
2.1 At the time of each regular Underhusen election, qualified citizens shall have the opportunity to stand for appointment to the Lagmand Radet.
2.1.1 Qualifications for the Lagmand Radet are listed in Article III, Section 2 of the Fundamental Laws of Wintreath
2.2 After the regular Underhusen election has ended and the Underhusen has selected a Speaker, the Underhusen will review the list of applicants and approve or deny qualifying applications.
2.2.1 Applications require a majority vote of the Underhusen to be approved.
2.2.2 After the Underhusen has completed reviewing applications, the list of applicants will be sent to the Overhusen for confirmation.
3. Acceptance of Cases
3.1 Citizens may petition the Storting for investigation or examination into possible violations of law.  The Storting must make a good faith examination of every petition presented to it. 
3.1.1 An examination shall consist of a presentation of evidence to the Storting, a questioning of the citizen filing the case by the Speaker, and a vote of the Underhusen. 
3.1.2 For a case to be accepted, a majority vote of the Underhusen is necessary.
4. Selection of Langman for Trial
4.1 The Monarch shall select Langmen from the Lagmand Radet using the Zaphyr IRC Client's random number generator, or a similar random number generator, when a case is accepted.
5. Trial Procedure
5.1 Criminal Trials
5.1.1 The Monarch/Langmen presiding shall appoint one Skrifa or Peer to represent the victim and one Skrifa or Peer to represent the defendant before any testimony or evidence is presented at trial. 
5.1.1.1 Counsel shall be responsible for providing earnest, dilligent, and competent representation to their client(s).
5.1.2 Criminal trials shall consist of three phases: 1. PResentation of evidene 2. Presentation of defense 3. Judges Inquiry and Verdict.  The President Judge shall have the authority to conduct the trial according to these guidelines.
5.1.3 Appeals of criminal trials shall be heard by a panel of at least 2 Lagmen who were not selected to preside over the trial in question.  Appeals can only argue a mistake or miscarriage of law or procedure, not questions of fact.
5.2 Constitutional Trials
5.2.1 Suspected violations of the Fundamental Law of Wintreath or its Amendments shall be heard by a panel of three Lagmen, with the Speaker of the Underhusen arguing for the victim and the Chairman of the Overhusen arguing for the government of Wintreath or the accused person.
5.2.2 The Speaker and Chairman shall argue differing interpretations of the Fundamental Law or Amendment in question, and will present their interpretation to the Langmen.
5.2.3 The Langmen's verdict will establish precedent until overturned by appeal or later ruling.
5.2.4 Appeals of constitutional cases will be heard by the Monarch, who shall consider any and all arguments deemed necessary. 
6. Dismissal of Lagmen
6.1 Any citizen may submit a petition for removal of Lagmen to the Storting, at which time the Speaker of the Underhusen will present it for voting.
6.2 Petitions for the removal of a Lagmen require a majority vote to advance to the Overhusen.

We already have an act, the Judicial Offices act why not just amend the bill or instead repeal it? Also I dislike forced appointment of representation I feel like representation should be gained at will by the people contesting it instead and should be a choice(which is what my Representation Rights and Procedure Act did, of which a version that I'm working on can be found:here)

Also I feel like perhaps the monarch should be able to look at a case and decide if it should be accepted if the Underhusen decides to vote against it for whatever reason.

While I'm not exactly against this bill, I'm neither for it either(even though this doesn't matter). While the bill is good perhaps we should do something with the Judicial Offices Act as well.

(Note that's not relevant, also please try indenting and stuff like I have(I use a system of two spaces, with it increasing by two each indent) in order to make it look better visually(at least to me, not sure about others), I have decided to go through the effort and indent yours below, I also fixed an error 5.1.2 on the numbered list(I also made them separate and used BBCode to form a numbered list)

Indented Version

Omnibus Judicial Procedure Act

1. Title
  1.1 This act shall be cited as the Omnibus Judicial Procedure Act

2. Approval of Lagmen
  2.1 At the time of each regular Underhusen election, qualified citizens
       shall have the opportunity to stand for appointment to the
       Lagmand Radet.
    2.1.1 Qualifications for the Lagmand Radet are listed in Article III,
            Section 2 of the Fundamental Laws of Wintreath
  2.2 After the regular Underhusen election has ended and the
       Underhusen has selected a Speaker, the Underhusen will review the
       list of applicants and approve or deny qualifying applications.
    2.2.1 Applications require a majority vote of the Underhusen to be
            approved.
    2.2.2 After the Underhusen has completed reviewing applications, the
            list of applicants will be sent to the Overhusen for confirmation.

3. Acceptance of Cases
  3.1 Citizens may petition the Storting for investigation or examination
       into possible violations of law.  The Storting must make a good
       faith examination of every petition presented to it.
    3.1.1 An examination shall consist of a presentation of evidence to
            the Storting, a questioning of the citizen filing the case by the
            Speaker, and a vote of the Underhusen.
    3.1.2 For a case to be accepted, a majority vote of the Underhusen
            is necessary.

4. Selection of Langman for Trial
  4.1 The Monarch shall select Langmen from the Lagmand Radet using
        the Zaphyr IRC Client's random number generator, or a similar
        random number generator, when a case is accepted.

5. Trial Procedure
  5.1 Criminal Trials
    5.1.1 The Monarch/Langmen presiding shall appoint one Skrifa or Peer
            to represent the victim and one Skrifa or Peer to represent the
            defendant before any testimony or evidence is presented at
            trial.
      5.1.1.1 Counsel shall be responsible for providing earnest, dilligent,
                and competent representation to their client(s).
    5.1.2 Criminal trials shall consist of three phases:

• Presentation of evidence
• Presentation of defense
• Judges Inquiry and Verdict.

          The President Judge shall have the authority to conduct the trial
          according to these guidelines.
    5.1.3 Appeals of criminal trials shall be heard by a panel of at least 2
            Lagmen who were not selected to preside over the trial in
            question.  Appeals can only argue a mistake or miscarriage of
            law or procedure, not questions of fact.
    5.2 Constitutional Trials
       5.2.1 Suspected violations of the Fundamental Law of Wintreath or
               its Amendments shall be heard by a panel of three Lagmen,
               with the Speaker of the Underhusen arguing for the victim
               and the Chairman of the Overhusen arguing for the
               government of Wintreath or the accused person.
      5.2.2 The Speaker and Chairman shall argue differing interpretations
              of the Fundamental Law or Amendment in question, and will
              present their interpretation to the Langmen.
      5.2.3 The Langmen's verdict will establish precedent until
              overturned by appeal or later ruling.
      5.2.4 Appeals of constitutional cases will be heard by the Monarch,
              who shall consider any and all arguments deemed necessary.

6. Dismissal of Lagmen
  6.1 Any citizen may submit a petition for removal of Lagmen to the
       Storting, at which time the Speaker of the Underhusen will present
       it for voting.
  6.2 Petitions for the removal of a Lagmen require a majority vote to
       advance to the Overhusen.

edit: Fixed Spoiler Code

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I prepared this rough draft after reading Wintermoot's judicial amendment closely and realizing the number of things it assigns the Storting to complete.  I'm hoping this can solve a lot of the justice reform issues we've all been itching to tackle.  I understand this is likely something that will persist into the next Storting, so I authorize future skrifa to introduce this bill into any session of the Underhusen once it reaches a state of completion.

Note: I use language from Wintermoot's proposed judicial amendment, however, in the event it doesn't pass, it can easily be removed or amended.  While it was created as a response to WM's amendment, this act need not perish if the amendment does.

Omnibus Judicial Procedure Act

1. Title
1.1 This act shall be cited as the Omnibus Judicial Procedure Act
2. Approval of Lagmen
2.1 At the time of each regular Underhusen election, qualified citizens shall have the opportunity to stand for appointment to the Lagmand Radet.
2.1.1 Qualifications for the Lagmand Radet are listed in Article III, Section 2 of the Fundamental Laws of Wintreath
2.2 After the regular Underhusen election has ended and the Underhusen has selected a Speaker, the Underhusen will review the list of applicants and approve or deny qualifying applications.
2.2.1 Applications require a majority vote of the Underhusen to be approved.
2.2.2 After the Underhusen has completed reviewing applications, the list of applicants will be sent to the Overhusen for confirmation.
3. Acceptance of Cases
3.1 Citizens may petition the Storting for investigation or examination into possible violations of law.  The Storting must make a good faith examination of every petition presented to it. 
3.1.1 An examination shall consist of a presentation of evidence to the Storting, a questioning of the citizen filing the case by the Speaker, and a vote of the Underhusen. 
3.1.2 For a case to be accepted, a majority vote of the Underhusen is necessary.
4. Selection of Langman for Trial
4.1 The Monarch shall select Langmen from the Lagmand Radet using the Zaphyr IRC Client's random number generator, or a similar random number generator, when a case is accepted.
5. Trial Procedure
5.1 Criminal Trials
5.1.1 The Monarch/Langmen presiding shall appoint one Skrifa or Peer to represent the victim and one Skrifa or Peer to represent the defendant before any testimony or evidence is presented at trial. 
5.1.1.1 Counsel shall be responsible for providing earnest, dilligent, and competent representation to their client(s).
5.1.2 Criminal trials shall consist of three phases: 1. PResentation of evidene 2. Presentation of defense 3. Judges Inquiry and Verdict.  The President Judge shall have the authority to conduct the trial according to these guidelines.
5.1.3 Appeals of criminal trials shall be heard by a panel of at least 2 Lagmen who were not selected to preside over the trial in question.  Appeals can only argue a mistake or miscarriage of law or procedure, not questions of fact.
5.2 Constitutional Trials
5.2.1 Suspected violations of the Fundamental Law of Wintreath or its Amendments shall be heard by a panel of three Lagmen, with the Speaker of the Underhusen arguing for the victim and the Chairman of the Overhusen arguing for the government of Wintreath or the accused person.
5.2.2 The Speaker and Chairman shall argue differing interpretations of the Fundamental Law or Amendment in question, and will present their interpretation to the Langmen.
5.2.3 The Langmen's verdict will establish precedent until overturned by appeal or later ruling.
5.2.4 Appeals of constitutional cases will be heard by the Monarch, who shall consider any and all arguments deemed necessary. 
6. Dismissal of Lagmen
6.1 Any citizen may submit a petition for removal of Lagmen to the Storting, at which time the Speaker of the Underhusen will present it for voting.
6.2 Petitions for the removal of a Lagmen require a majority vote to advance to the Overhusen.

I'm not sure why this bill was written when we have the reintroduced Administration of Justice Act?   

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Gov it's because of the Authorization of Justice Act...it's essentially a Judicial Offices Act rewritten with forced appointments....