Legal systems: courts and procedures

Prepared to coincide with the 250th anniversary of the establishment of Nova Scotia's Supreme Court, this important new volume provides a comprehensive history of the institution, Canada's oldest common law court.

This comprehensive study is concerned primarily with the fundamental problem of the role of the judiciary in the federal system of Canadian government.

From the point of his arrest through to the final disposition of his case, the authors follow the accused as he proceeds through the criminal control system.

This book contains a series of essays on conflict laws, including jurisdiction of the courts, choice of law, renvoi, property, recognition of family status, and recognition of foreign corporations.

In Christopher Moore’s lively and engaging history of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, he traces the evolution of one of Canada’s most influential courts from its origins as a branch of the lieutenant governor’s executive council to the post-Charter years of cutting-edge jurisprudence and national influence.

In Christopher Moore’s lively and engaging history of the Court of Appeal for Ontario, he traces the evolution of one of Canada’s most influential courts from its origins as a branch of the lieutenant governor’s executive council to the post-Charter years of cutting-edge jurisprudence and national influence.

In any account of twentieth-century Canadian law, Bora Laskin (1912-1984) looms large.

Constitutional scholars Christopher P.

This accessible guide to the U.

This authoritative set provides a comprehensive overview of issues and trends in crime, law enforcement, courts, and corrections that encompass the field of criminal justice studies in the United States.

Containing 40 visually coded maps of the fifty states, this book offers an unprecedented look at America's diverse legal landscape.

Millions in our nation are under some type of judicial sanction, with some individuals behind bars but the majority serving their sentences while living and working among us.

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

How did the federal judiciary transcend early limitations to become a powerful institution of American governance?

A detailed analysis of a child-abuse case reveals all of the aspects of the judicial system, including the limits of justice, and makes an argument for judicial restraint.

Evidence in International Investment Arbitration is a guide for practitioners representing a party in investment arbitration disputes, whilst also offering academics a perspective on the practical elements affecting the treatment of evidence in the area.

BarCharts, Inc was founded on our law guides created by the owner.

BarCharts, Inc was founded on our law guides created by the owner.

Getting deposed?

Learn how to end a marriage fairly and inexpensively.

Win your small claims case!

How to prepare and present a winning civil court caseMany disputes are too big for small claims court but too small to justify a lawyer's fee.

This book shows the trends in jurisprudence which guided the United States in its first hundred years.

'The most gripping and satisfying thriller I've read in more than a decade' Sophie Hannah'One of the best legal thrillers .

THE TRIAL OF A LIFETIME.

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

A MURDER HE CAN'T FORGET.

In recent years the American public has witnessed several hard-fought battles over nominees to the U.

Starting in the 1970s, conservatives learned that electoral victory did not easily convert into a reversal of important liberal accomplishments, especially in the law.

We are all familiar with the image of the immensely clever judge who discerns the best rule of common law for the case at hand.

Now the subject of the Netflix documentary The Devil Next DoorThe incredible story of the most convoluted legal odyssey involving Nazi war crimesIn 2009, Harper's Magazine sent war-crimes expert Lawrence Douglas to Munich to cover the last chapter of the lengthiest case ever to arise from the Holocaust: the trial of eighty-nine-year-old John Demjanjuk.

How do Supreme Court justices decide their cases?

The Judge as Political Theorist examines opinions by constitutional courts in liberal democracies to better understand the logic and nature of constitutional review.

In recent years the American public has witnessed several hard-fought battles over nominees to the U.

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.

The Supreme Court appointments process is broken, and the timing couldn't be worse--for liberals or conservatives.

Should the Supreme Court have the last word when it comes to interpreting the Constitution?

This book presents a new perspective on the debate around legitimacy, politics and constitutional law in Supreme Courts.

The Supreme Court appointments process is broken, and the timing couldn't be worse--for liberals or conservatives.

Automatism is a notoriously difficult subject for law students, lawyers and judges.

Automatism is a notoriously difficult subject for law students, lawyers and judges.

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

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

The problem of prostitution, sex work or sex for sale can often be misunderstood, if we do not take into consideration its spatial, temporal and political context.

The problem of prostitution, sex work or sex for sale can often be misunderstood, if we do not take into consideration its spatial, temporal and political context.

The Fraud Act 2006 presented a wholesale reform of the pre-existing deception offences under the Theft Act 1968 and Theft Act 1978.

The Fraud Act 2006 presented a wholesale reform of the pre-existing deception offences under the Theft Act 1968 and Theft Act 1978.