Legal systems: courts and procedures

In this book, leading scholars of EU law, judges, and practitioners unpack the judicial reasoning offered by the UK Advocates General in over forty cases at the Court of Justice, which have influenced the shape of EU law.

Unlocking the English Legal System will help you grasp the main concepts of the legal system in England and Wales with ease.

This book examines the Supreme Court''s proper role in adjudicating moral controversies that implicate constitutional rights.

Waltenburg and Swinford provide a detailed and systematic examination of state government activity before the U.

This book is structured to reflect the different questions that may arise in connection with a preliminary reference.

The Oxford Introductions to U.

This book presents a searching critique of excessive reliance on courts as ''democracy-builders'' in states emerging from authoritarian rule.

When the first Supreme Court convened in 1790, it was so ill-esteemed that its justices frequently resigned in favor of other pursuits.

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

Written by three nationally recognized experts in the field, Criminal Courts: A Contemporary Perspective explores all the fundamental topics (court structure, courtroom actors, and the trial and appeals process) as well as other ground-breaking topics, such as specialty courts and comparative court systems.

Deirdre Dwyer examines how a court can decide when to accept an expert''s opinion, focusing on English civil justice.

A comparative perspective of role played by three generations of European Constitutional Courts in the process of transition to democracy.

Understand the complexities of EU law and its implications on UK lawLaw of the European Union, 13th Edition, by Morano-Foadi and Neller is a comprehensive and visually appealing coverage of the structure, law and practice of the European Union and its impact on UK law.

The public image of judges has been stuck in a time warp; they are invariably depicted in the media - and derided in public bars up and down the country - as 'privately educated Oxbridge types', usually 'out-of-touch', and more often than not as 'old men'.

There are more than 800,000 sworn law enforcement officers employed within the United States, many of whom are regularly tasked with photographing crime scenes or evidence associated with criminal investigations.

Every year a quarter of a million people are selected at random from the electoral register for jury service.

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

Examines the relationship between the president and the Supreme Court, including how presidents view the norm of judicial independence.

As Chiasson and his contributors illustrate, trials are media events that can have long-reaching significance.

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.

Bodies of Truth offers an intimate account of how apartheid victims deal with the long-term effects of violence, focusing on the intertwined themes of embodiment, injury, victimhood, and memory.

This book has been replaced by Clinicians in Court, Third Edition, ISBN 978-1-4625-5332-7.

Injuries involving the spine are the most common compensation claims in the United States.

This book is an inquiry into how contingency fees distort our civil justice system, influence our political system and endanger democratic governance.

In the new afterword Ralph Rossum covers Antonin Scalias entire career and discusses the thirty-eight major opinions since the original 2006 publication, including District of Columbia v.

The Education of a Lawyer is a delightful read that provides invaluable advice about the practice of law.

This masterful work brings together the cr me de la cr me of EU law academics and practitioners in celebration of the life and work of Eleanor Sharpston, KC.

This edited collection asks how key New Zealand judgments might read if they were written by a feminist judge.

The book is for all readers interested in African institutions and contemporary global challenges of peace, security, human rights, and international law.

A successor to the popular The Psychiatrist in Court: A Survival Guide, The Mental Health Professional in Court has expanded the scope of the earlier book to include other professionals in the field.

This is the third edition of J R Spencer's now well established book which seeks to explain this area of law for the benefit of judges, criminal practitioners and academics teaching the law of evidence.

Gerard Conway explains how judges of the ECJ should be understood as sharing the same interpretative perspective as the law-maker.

The Alabama State Constitution provides extensive analysis on American's longest state constitution, with an emphasis on the impact of recent court decisions declaring several of its most recently adopted provisions as in conflict with the U.

This book examines the factors that facilitate the inclusion of women on high courts, while recognizing that many courts have a long way to go before reaching gender parity.

The Rule of Recognition and the U.

How to Make Money as a Mediator (and Create Value for Everyone) is an invaluable and inspirational resource filled with practical, proven, and down-to-earth information on how you can develop a satisfying and lucrative career as a mediator, no matter what your area of interest labor and employment mediation, intellectual property, environment, personal injury, family and divorce, contract, securities, or international peacekeeping.

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

This book offers the first quantitative study of decision-making on the UK Supreme Court.

Arguing with Tradition is the first book to explore language and interaction within a contemporary Native American legal system.

The second edition of Children s Testimony is a fully up-to-date resource for practitioners and researchers working in forensic contexts and concerned with children's ability to provide reliable testimony about abuse.

What is a constitutional right?

DNA Technology, Second Edition, is a survey of biotechnology written to enlighten readers about the breakthroughs made possible by the science and technologies associated with current DNA research.

All litigants before the General Court of the EU (GC), the Court of Justice of the EU (ECJ) or indeed before any EU body or agency will need to have full access to the documents held by the European Union.

When the first Supreme Court convened in 1790, it was so ill-esteemed that its justices frequently resigned in favor of other pursuits.

Since the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in 1998, international criminal law has rapidly grown in importance.

For centuries, courts across the common law world have developed systems of law by building bodies of judicial decisions.

A judge-made revolution?