Legal systems: courts and procedures

This first study of the legal history of sex offences in Mandate Palestine pioneers a new socio-cultural perspective on evidence.

This book provides an in depth-examination of the principle of complementarity in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and the implications of that principle for the suppression of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes on the domestic level.

The EU antitrust enforcement system for several decades has been one of the most mature antitrust enforcement systems in the world.

With expert evidence used more and more often in criminal jury cases, evaluation of its admissibility and presentation is being increasingly thrust into the spotlight.

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

Civil Procedure Rules at 20 is a collection of presentations and papers to mark the 20th anniversary of the CPR coming into force, many of which were delivered orally at the CPR at 20 Conference at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, at Mansfield College, Oxford, in 2019.

Two leading scholars of the Supreme Court explain and predict its decision making.

According to conventional wisdom in American legal culture, the 1870s to 1920s was the age of legal formalism, when judges believed that the law was autonomous and logically ordered, and that they mechanically deduced right answers in cases.

A revisionary account of the South African Constitutional Court, its working method and the neglected political underpinnings of its success.

A must-read for students involved in mooting, this new edition of Jeffrey Hill's textbook has been fully updated and revised, and provides students with clear and compelling advice on every aspect of mooting.

Until President Jimmy Carter launched an effort to diversify the lower federal courts, the U.

Challenging traditional accounts of the development of American private law, Peter Karsten offers an important new perspective on the making of the rules of common law and equity in nineteenth-century courts.

Criminal Evidence is a well-respected and trusted introduction to the rules of criminal evidence for criminal justice students and professionals.

The Court of Justice of the European Union has often been characterised both as a motor of integration and a judicial law-maker.

Judicial decision-making may ideally be impartial, but in reality it is influenced by many different factors, including institutional context, ideological commitment, fellow justices on a panel, and personal preference.

We live in an age where one person's judicial "e;activist"e; legislating from the bench is another's impartial arbiter fairly interpreting the law.

The Practice of Court Interpreting describes how the interpreter works in the court room and other legal settings.

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Explores Mill''s influence on our constitutional rights tradition including the right to privacy, free speech and how we understand liberty.

Improving access to justice has been an ongoing process, and on-demand justice should be a natural part of our increasingly on-demand society.

As a result of globalization, cross-border transactions and litigation, and multilingual legislation, outsourcing legal translation has become common practice.

Covering all the key aspects of Employment Tribunal practice, this book focuses on the procedure from the point when the claim is presented, through the initial procedural steps up to and including the hearing and the consideration of reviews and appeals.

Revealing analysis of how judges work as individuals and collectively to uphold judicial values in the face of contemporary challenges.

The captivating field of modern forensic science can be challenging to understand.

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In an ideal world, the laws of Congress--known as federal statutes--would always be clearly worded and easily understood by the judges tasked with interpreting them.

Analyzes courts in fourteen selected Asian jurisdictions to provide the most up-to-date and comprehensive interdisciplinary book available.

Allyson May chronicles the history of the English criminal trial and the development of a criminal bar in London between 1750 and 1850.

This book investigates what happens to criminal evidence after the conclusion of legal proceedings.

The Supreme Court has final authority in determining what the Constitution means.

This book examines the Court of Final Appeal''s structure, jurisprudence and politics and the contribution of its Chief Justice under Chinese sovereignty.

In a meticulously researched and engagingly written narrative, Brian McGinty rescues the story of Abraham Lincoln and the Supreme Court from long and undeserved neglect, recounting the compelling history of the Civil War president's relations with the nation's highest tribunal and the role it played in resolving the agonizing issues raised by the conflict.

En procédure, le droit de consulter le dossier revêt une importance fondamentale et la capacité des parties à prendre position utilement en dépend largement.

Argues that constitutional courts develop public relations strategies to increase the transparency of judicial behavior and promote judicial legitimacy.

A lively narrative account of the first case to appear at the International Criminal Court, A Conviction in Question documents the trial of Union of Congolese Patriots leader and warlord, Thomas Lubanga Dyilo.

Shortlisted for DSBA Law Book of the Year Award 2020Evidence in Criminal Trials is the first Irish textbook devoted exclusively to the subject of criminal evidence.

This book explores critical issues about how courts engage with questions of fact in public law adjudication.

Legal practitioners of today are dealing with cross-border disputes in civil and commercial matters in an increasingly complex transnational legal environment.

Engel examines changing politicians'' perceptions of the threat posed by opposition and how it influenced manipulations of judicial authority.

While scholars have rightly focused on the importance of the landmark opinions of the United States Supreme Court and its Chief Justice, John Marshall, in the rise in influence of the Court in the Early Republic, the crucial role of the circuit courts in the development of a uniform system of federal law across the nation has largely been ignored.

This is the first work to concentrate solely on damages for breach of contract and provides the most comprehensive and detailed treatment of the subject to date.

A comparative approach to judicial communication offering perspectives on the relationship between national supreme courts and the media covering them.

Evaluates the fundamental legitimacy of judicial practice in the growing number of environmental cases heard before international courts.

A large-scale comparative work of leading cases examines judicial constitutional reasoning in eighteen different legal systems globally.

Opportunities to see expert cross-examinations are often infrequent in international arbitration and the occasions to sharpen these skills for many are rare.

Perry illuminates the Supreme Court's unique advantages in sustaining a noble public image by its stewardship of the revered Constitution, its constant embrace of the rule of law, the justices' life tenure, its symbols of impartiality and integrity, and a resolute determination to keep its distance from the media.