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In criminal cases, practitioners such as police officers, crime scene investigators, pathologists, prosecutors, and judges are expected to make decisions that are objective and impartial. However, research since the 1960's into so-called confirmation...

Myths and Misunderstandings in White Collar Crime uses real world examples to explore the pathologies that hamper our ability to understand and redress white-collar crime. The book argues that several misinterpretations about white-collar crime continue...

This volume explores the many ways in which politics shapes the allegedly nonpartisan judicial system in America, ranging from how judges are selected to the bench to how they rule when they get there. Each title in the Contemporary Debates series...

Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence Effective participation in court and tribunal hearings is regarded as essential to justice, yet many barriers limit the capacity of defendants, parties and witnesses to participate. Featuring policy...

This book provides an authoritative and accessible one-stop resource for understanding the U.S. judicial system and its place in the fabric of American government and society.The American judicial system plays a central role in setting and enforcing the...

Civil justice has been undergoing a massive transformation. There have been big changes in the management of judicial business; the Human Rights Act 1988 has had a pervasive impact; the Constitutional Reform Act 2005 has effected many changes - notably,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780992803506Author David HoileFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint The Africa Research CentrePublisher The Africa Research Centre

A behind-the-scenes examination of the special court dedicated to claims that vaccines have caused harm The so-called vaccine court is a small special court in the United States Court of Federal Claims that handles controversial claims that a vaccine...

Drawing on extensive research from Australia, this book examines the experiences of sexual offence victims who submit a victim impact statement. Victim impact statements are used in sentencing to outline the harm caused to victims. There has been little...

In this revised third edition of a classic in American jurisprudence, G. Edward White updates his series of portraits of the most famous appellate judges in American history from John Marshall to Oliver W. Holmes to Warren E. Burger, with a new chapter...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780143037385Author Peter IronsFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint Penguin ClassicsPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 646gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Vagueness leads to indeterminacies in the application of the law in many cases. This book responds to the challenges that those indeterminacies pose to a theory of law and adjudication. The book puts controversies in legal theory in a new light, using...

In this controversial and provocative book, Mary Anne Franks examines the thin line between constitutional fidelity and constitutional fundamentalism. The Cult of the Constitution reveals how deep fundamentalist strains in both conservative and liberal...

This open access book provides a snapshot of the state of contemporary access to justice in England and Wales.Legal aid lawyers provide a critical function in supporting individuals to address a range of problems. These are problems that commonly...

This book brings together an international group of experts to present cutting-edge psychological research on crime, policing and courts. With contributors from the UK, Germany, Italy, Norway, Cyprus, Israel, Canada and the USA, this volume explores some...

In this controversial and provocative book, Mary Anne Franks examines the thin line between constitutional fidelity and constitutional fundamentalism. The Cult of the Constitution reveals how deep fundamentalist strains in both conservative and liberal...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807000366Author Mark TushnetFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 306gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 14mm

In response to the weaknesses of international tribunals and domestic courts in the prosecution of crimes such as genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, a new generation of "internationalized" criminal courts has been established. This book...

In recent years, stories of reckless lawyers and greedy citizens have given the legal system, and victims in general, a bad name. Many Americans have come to believe that we live in the land of the litigious, where frivolous lawsuits and absurdly high...

Focusing on John Milton's Paradise Lost , this book investigates the metaphorical identification of nature with a court of law - an old and persistent trope, haunted by ancient aporias, at the intersection of jurisprudence, philosophy and literature. In...

A lucid, lively, and definitive one-volume history of the USA's highest court. Schwartz ranges from the earliest history of court dress to history's most important cases in this illuminating examination.About the AuthorBernard Schwartz is Chapman...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of School Library Journal Best Books of the Year - Adult 2013.Book InformationISBN 9780307594884Author Sonia SotomayorFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Alfred A...

The laws of AEthelbert of Kent (ca. 600), Hlohere and Eadric (685x686), and Wihtred (695), are the earliest laws from Anglo-Saxon England, and the first Germanic laws written in the vernacular. They are of unique importance as the only extant early...

The role that precedent plays in constitutional decision making is a perennially divisive subject among scholars of law and American politics. The debate rages over both empirical and normative aspects of the issue: To what extent are the Supreme Court,...

Judging and Emotion investigates how judicial officers understand, experience, display, manage and deploy emotions in their everyday work, in light of their fundamental commitment to impartiality.Judging and Emotion challenges the conventional assumption...

This pioneering book explores the intersections of law and culture at the International Criminal Court (ICC), offering insights into how notions of culture affect the Court's legal foundations, functioning and legitimacy, both in theory and in practice...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812984323Author Sandra Day O'ConnorFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm)...

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How trial courts operate and administer justiceHow trial courts operate and administer justiceAbout the AuthorBrian J. Ostrom is Principal Research Consultant at the National Center for State Courts.Charles W. Ostrom, Jr. is Professor of Political...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781552210291Author Allan MansonFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint Irwin Law IncPublisher Irwin Law IncWeight(grams) 580gDimensions(mm) 227mm * 151mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781552210925Author Jamie CasselsFormat PaperbackPage Count 277Imprint Irwin Law IncPublisher Irwin Law IncWeight(grams) 705g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788176295123Author N. M. BilalFormat HardbackPage Count 392Imprint Deep & Deep PublicationsPublisher Deep & Deep Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788124116241Author Joginder SinghFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint Hindustan Publishing CorporationPublisher Hindustan Publishing Corporation

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788185040653Author Arnab Kumar HazraFormat HardbackPage Count 236Imprint Bookwell PublicationsPublisher Bookwell Publications

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