Legal skills: advocacy

In 2009, Stephen Barker was convicted of rape on the evidence of a little girl who was four-and-a-half years old at the trial, and about three-and-a-half when first interviewed by the police.

Forensic Microscopy: Truth Under the Lenses provides an overview and understanding of the various types of microscopes and their techniques employed in forensic science.

In the cities of Northeast Brazil where 50 per cent of the population lives in poverty, children play a key role in the local economy—in their households, in formal jobs, and in the thriving informal sector (washing cars, shining shoes, scavenging for recyclables, etc.

Routledge Lawcards are your complete, pocket-sized guides to key examinable areas of the undergraduate law curriculum and the CPE/GDL.

Led by Professor David Ormerod and David Perry QC, our team of authors has been hand-picked to ensure that you can trust our unique combination of authority and practicality.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the presumption of innocence from both a practical and theoretical point of view.

This book assesses data protection rules that are applicable to the processing of personal data in a law enforcement context.

This book evaluates the role played by statistical evidence in litigation.

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The testimony of an expert witness can lead to success or failure in cases that hinge on the presentation's impact on a jury.

Electronic disclosure of evidence is now an unavoidable aspect of litigation.

Laws are imposed on facts.

La Fédération suisse des avocats (FSA) célèbre son 125e anniversaire en 2023, marquant une étape importante dans l'histoire de la profession.

What happens when the President of the United States engages in criminal activity?

Shooting Incident Reconstruction is based on the authors' numerous years of conducting courses and seminars on the subject of shooting incident reconstruction.

A book for undergraduate and postgraduate courses on evidence and proof, and on legal method.

The Protections for Religious Rights is the first practitioner work to offer a full and systematic treatment of the law as it pertains to religious rights in the UK and abroad.

236 pages, 666 images, 21 contributorsIn cases of sexual assault, it is important that investigators and care providers be able to respond quickly and appropriately in examining survivors, not only to ensure their health and safety but also to preserve any physical evidence left by the perpetrator.

What is the future of civil rights?

This book analyses how international criminal institutions, and their actors - legal counsels, judges, investigators, registrars - construct witness identity and memory.

Providing practical guidance on what remains the single most important statutory basis for police duties and powers in England and Wales - the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1984 and its Codes of Practice - this is an essential reference source which the busy police officer or legal practitioner cannot afford to be without.

All social work practice is regulated by social policies.

Put ideas into practice using theoretical concepts and real-life examples The MBA Handbook, 9th Edition by Cameron is a vital resource for MBA and other postgraduate management students to gain maximum learning benefit from their programme.

Can we rely solely on statistics when we judge what is true and just?

Genetic Testing and the Criminal Law is a unique international treatment of the dynamic and established criminal investigation technique of DNA testing.

The IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (the 'Rules') are used in the majority of international arbitration cases, regardless of the administering institution or the legal background of the parties.

444 pages, 174 images, 64 contributorsThe Third Edition of Child Abuse Quick Reference is completely revised and expanded, with new and emerging science for the multidisciplinary response to child abuse.

Unlocking the Law of Evidence will help you grasp the main concepts of the subject with ease.

Key Cases has been specifically written for students studying law.

For as long as we have been researching human memory, psychologists have been investigating how people remember and forget.

Can you hear the child's voice?

Proof is the property of a disputed fact being established inferentially from an extant fact.

THE BESTSELLING SERIES THAT INSPIRED AMAZON PRIME'S BALLARD AND BOSCH A CRIME BURIED FOR YEARS.

Routledge Q&As give you the tools to practice and refine your exam technique, showing you how to apply your knowledge to maximum effect in an exam situation.

For as long as we have been researching human memory, psychologists have been investigating how people remember and forget.

More than just another new theoretical study, this book really is a practical and useful tool that I sincerely recommend.

Despite advances in DNA testing, forensics, and the investigative skills used by police, hundreds of crimes remain unsolved across Canada.

With Point Made, legal writing expert, Ross Guberman, throws a life preserver to attorneys, who are under more pressure than ever to produce compelling prose.

«Nichts versaut eine gute Geschichte so sehr, wie die Ankunft des Augenzeugen.

462 pages, 192 images, 38 contributors This first volume serves as a complete guide for multidisciplinary team members involved in the investigation of sexual assault.

Memory and Sexual Misconduct: Psychological Research for Criminal Justice investigates the veracity of memories of sexual misconduct and the factors that may influence accurate recall, and fundamentally assesses whether psychological science can help the criminal justice system in determining which accusations are likely to be accurate, and which are not.

An insightful account of the international court''s efforts to make sense of African conflicts in completing its first three trials.

An empirical look at the U.

Advocacy explains how to win cases in court.

This is the first systematic study of Black–Latino intergroup relations at the national level of United States politics.

This book proposes a principled approach to the regulation of dispute resolution.

Language ideology is a concept developed in linguistic anthropology to explain the ways in which ideas about the definition and functions of language can become linked with social discourses and identities.

This anthology chronicles the legal legacy of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

A comprehensive and detailed examination of the law of evidence in the broadest of civil and criminal contexts.