Legal systems: courts and procedures

Working within the framework of law and politics, JUDICIAL PROCESS: LAW, COURTS, AND POLITICS IN THE UNITED STATES combines detailed information about the major structures and processes of the American judiciary with an insider's understanding of the importance of courthouse dynamics.

This book explores challenges posed by the use of DNA evidence to the traditional features, procedures and principles of the criminal trial.

This book explores challenges posed by the use of DNA evidence to the traditional features, procedures and principles of the criminal trial.

Whether you're new to higher education, coming to legal study for the first time or just wondering what Evidence Law is all about, Beginning Evidence is the ideal introduction to help you hit the ground running.

Whether you're new to higher education, coming to legal study for the first time or just wondering what Evidence Law is all about, Beginning Evidence is the ideal introduction to help you hit the ground running.

With the developing landscape of a European criminal justice sphere comes an increasing imperative for scholars and practitioners to gain some insight into the diversity that exists in the criminal justice systems of European Union Member States.

With the developing landscape of a European criminal justice sphere comes an increasing imperative for scholars and practitioners to gain some insight into the diversity that exists in the criminal justice systems of European Union Member States.

Practical Guide to Evidence provides a clear and readable account of the law of evidence, acknowledging the importance of arguments about facts and principles as well as rules.

Practical Guide to Evidence provides a clear and readable account of the law of evidence, acknowledging the importance of arguments about facts and principles as well as rules.

Requirements for the defendant to actively participate in the English criminal process have been increasing in recent years such that the defendant can now be penalised for their non-cooperation.

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.

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.

Memory is often the primary evidence in the courtroom, yet unfortunately this evidence may not be fit for purpose.

Memory is often the primary evidence in the courtroom, yet unfortunately this evidence may not be fit for purpose.

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 assessment.

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 assessment.

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

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

Explores the relationship between the legitimacy, the efficacy, and the decision-making of national and transnational constitutional courts.

Explains when, why, and how citizens try to limit the Supreme Court''s independence and power-- and why it matters.

Explains when, why, and how citizens try to limit the Supreme Court''s independence and power-- and why it matters.

This multidisciplinary volume investigates the challenge of attaining legitimacy by international criminal courts and tribunals.

This multidisciplinary volume investigates the challenge of attaining legitimacy by international criminal courts and tribunals.

Saul, Follesdal and Ulfstein examine in detail the interplay between national parliaments and the international human rights judiciary.

Saul, Follesdal and Ulfstein examine in detail the interplay between national parliaments and the international human rights judiciary.

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

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

This book uses empirical analysis to show that courts refrain from using the proportionality test as a means of judicial activism.

Explores how the first treaty-based UN international tribunal''s judges innovatively applied the law to perpetrators of international crimes in one of the worst conflicts in recent history.

Analyzes the political roots of the systems of constitutional justice in Latin America, tracing their development over the last 40 years.

This book uses empirical analysis to show that courts refrain from using the proportionality test as a means of judicial activism.

This detailed analysis offers new perspectives on rhetoric and law from distinguished scholars.

This detailed analysis offers new perspectives on rhetoric and law from distinguished scholars.

A comprehensive analysis of the extent, method, purpose and effects of domestic and international courts'' judicial dialogue on human rights.

A comprehensive analysis of the extent, method, purpose and effects of domestic and international courts'' judicial dialogue on human rights.

A comprehensive and comparative overview of the law of provisional measures between different international courts and tribunals.

A comprehensive and comparative overview of the law of provisional measures between different international courts and tribunals.

This book addresses and analyses the rape sentencing regime in India.

Reveals how Supreme Court justices'' personalities, particularly conscientiousness, influence the Law, the High Court, and the Constitution.

Using CRT, this book demonstrates how law can make Black lives, and the lives of other racially marginalized groups, matter.

Using CRT, this book demonstrates how law can make Black lives, and the lives of other racially marginalized groups, matter.

An investigation of how US Supreme Court justices alter the clarity of their opinions based on expected reactions from their audiences.

The book proposes an informational theory of constitutional review highlighting the mediator role of constitutional courts in democratic conflict solving.

An investigation of how US Supreme Court justices alter the clarity of their opinions based on expected reactions from their audiences.

The book proposes an informational theory of constitutional review highlighting the mediator role of constitutional courts in democratic conflict solving.

This book explores why juries have declined in power and how the federal government and the states have taken the jury''s authority.

This book explores why juries have declined in power and how the federal government and the states have taken the jury''s authority.

This book investigates the mechanisms of judicial control to determine an efficient methodology for independence and accountability.

This book explores contemporary thinking on the evidential requirements that are critical for practical decision-making.