Legal systems: courts and procedures

In Moral Desert, Howard Simmons notes that the idea that we deserve to be praised or rewarded for good behavior and blamed or punished when we act badly seems central to everyone's moral deliberation and practices.

High courts around the world hold a revered place in the legal hierarchy.

Sexual cases are inherently complex and sometimes controversial presenting the practitioner with a multitude of procedural and legal challenges.

The politics of division and distraction, conservatives claims of liberalisms dangers, the wisdom of amoral foreign policy, a partisan challenge to a Supreme Court justice, and threats to the constitutionally mandated balance between the three branches of government: however of the moment these matters might seem, they are clearly presaged in events chronicled by Joshua E.

This book offers a timely and detailed examination of the reality of criminal legal practice today.

This book investigates state supreme court elections in the United States, from World War II to the present.

Dieter Grimm is one of the foremost scholars of constitutional law, constitutional theory, and European law in Germany and worldwide.

This book argues that explaining judicial independence-considered the fundamental question of comparative law and politics-requires a perspective that spans the democracy/autocracy divide.

This book brings together feminist academics and lawyers to present an impressive collection of alternative judgments in a series of Australian legal cases.

Sometimes the outcome of a lawsuit depends upon sensations known only to the person who experiences them, such as the buzzing sound heard by a plaintiff who suffers from tinnitus after an accident.

An insightful, chronological-by chief justice-examination of the Supreme Court that enables students and readers to understand and appreciate the constitutional role the Court plays in American government and society.

An exploration of how and why the Constitution's plan for independent courts has failed to protect individuals' constitutional rights, while advancing regressive and reactionary barriers to progressive regulation.

Tracing the development of originalism, Eric J.

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

Impeachment of witnesses is "e;an alien, mystifying, and obtuse area of the law,"e; write the authors of MacCarthy on Impeachment.

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

Judge Learned Hand is an icon of American Law.

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

PRAISE FOR THE BOOK:"e;This constitutes a work of impressive scholarship that will become a major reference point for future discourse on choice of court agreements.

¿Cuándo comienza el plazo de prescripción de la acción para reclamar las cantidades abonadas en virtud de una cláusula abusiva?

Providing practical guidance on what remains the single most important statutory basis for police duties and powers in England and Wales - the Police and Criminal Evidence Act (PACE) 1984 and its Codes of Practice - this is an essential reference source which the busy police officer or legal practitioner cannot afford to be without.

This book argues that Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

This book offers a new interpretation of judicial review in England and Wales as being concerned with the advancement of justice and good governance, as opposed to being concerned primarily with ultra vires or common law constitutionalism.

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

Federal judges, legal scholars, pundits, and reporters frequently describe the Supreme Court as the final word on the meaning of the Constitution.

The recent Boumediene v.

This book aims to honour the work of Professor Mirjan Dama ka, Sterling Professor of Law at Yale Law School and a prominent authority for many years in the fields of comparative law, procedural law, evidence, international criminal law and Continental legal history.

Wheatley's Road Traffic Law in Scotland is a highly regarded source of reference for all those involved in the detection and prosecution of road traffic offences, with all the relevant law and authority presented in a clear and accessible style.

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

Administrative tribunals are a vital part of the public law frameworks of many countries.

Led by Professor David Ormerod and David Perry QC, our team of authors has been hand-picked to ensure that you can trust our unique combination of authority and practicality.

For the uninitiated, the Irish District Court is a place of incomprehensible, organised chaos.

A sitting justice reflects upon the authority of the Supreme Court-how that authority was gained and how measures to restructure the Court could undermine both the Court and the constitutional system of checks and balances that depends on it.

Laws are imposed on facts.

On July 1, 1981, President Ronald Reagan interviewed Sandra Day O'Connor as a candidate for the United States Supreme Court.

Nasty, below-the-belt campaigns, mudslinging, and character attacks.

When an individual is accused of a crime he is provided, at least in theory, with numerous constitutional rights throughout the legal process.

What happens to the legitimacy of the Supreme Court when it protects ''equal justice under law''?

La conducta procesal de las partes ha sido un tema de importancia fundamental en los estudios del Derecho procesal.

What are drug courts?

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

Forensic Science provides a comprehensive overview of the sociology of forensic science.

As in a number of France s major cities, civil war erupted in Lyon in the summer of 1793, ultimately leading to a siege of the city and a wave of mass executions.

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

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