Legal skills: advocacy

A team of expert contributors provides an in-depth exploration of police use of force, firearms, and less-than-lethal weapons from a dozen countries across five continents.

Innovations in Evidence and Proof brings together fifteen leading scholars and experienced law teachers based in Australia, Canada, Northern Ireland, Scotland, South Africa, the USA and England and Wales to explore and debate the latest developments in Evidence and Proof scholarship.

The presumption of innocence is universally recognized as a fundamental human right and a core principle in the administration of criminal justice.

Disclosure remains the most important part of trial preparation and can often make the difference between conviction and acquittal.

Disclosure remains the most important part of trial preparation and can often make the difference between conviction and acquittal.

Tens of thousands of readers have relied on this leading text and practitioner reference--now revised and updated--to understand the issues the legal system most commonly asks mental health professionals to address.

Tens of thousands of readers have relied on this leading text and practitioner reference--now revised and updated--to understand the issues the legal system most commonly asks mental health professionals to address.

Independent mental health advocacy is a crucial means of ensuring rights and entitlements for people sectioned under the Mental Health Act.

'Outstanding' THE SECRET BARRISTER'It's brilliant, it's comprehensive, buy it' EVENING STANDARD'A powerful, illuminating, enraging and inspiring read' JESS PHILLIPS MP'Precise, heartfelt and anti-pompous' THE TIMESWhy is our criminal justice system so bad at protecting women from violence?

Lesley Molseed was eleven when she was killed in 1975.

A Malayan White Mischief.

'I doubt whether any book of greater importance will be published in 1997.

Now a major TV series'A masterpiece that reads like a thriller' Time OutA gripping and probing account of the biggest criminal manhunt in British history.

';I worked in a trailer that ICE had set aside for conversations between the women and the attorneys.

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.

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.

The first comprehensive look at the global dilemma of child migrationWhy, despite massive public concern, is child trafficking on the rise?

A practical reference on the EU rules and international initiatives that impact directly on EU cross-border disputes, this handbook is a must-have for any practitioner of cross-border mediation.

A practical reference on the EU rules and international initiatives that impact directly on EU cross-border disputes, this handbook is a must-have for any practitioner of cross-border mediation.

This book analyses the key skills that a lawyer needs to handle a case effectively, a topic that is not covered coherently in any other book.

This book analyses the key skills that a lawyer needs to handle a case effectively, a topic that is not covered coherently in any other book.

The term "e;gender"e; was first distinguished from "e;sex"e; in the 1950s when psychologists began to discuss the idea of "e;gender roles,"e; behaviors and responsibilities given to people by a society rather than flowing from their biology.

The term "e;gender"e; was first distinguished from "e;sex"e; in the 1950s when psychologists began to discuss the idea of "e;gender roles,"e; behaviors and responsibilities given to people by a society rather than flowing from their biology.

All social work practice is regulated by social policies.

All social work practice is regulated by social policies.

An empirical look at the U.

Every civil action raised in a Scottish court is initiated by written pleadings, which set out the remedy sought, the facts and the propositions in law.