Legal systems: courts and procedures

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.

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

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

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.

Evidence: Law and Context explains the key concepts of evidence law in England and Wales clearly and concisely, set against the backdrop of the broader political and theoretical contexts.

Evidence: Law and Context explains the key concepts of evidence law in England and Wales clearly and concisely, set against the backdrop of the broader political and theoretical contexts.

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 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.

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.

Unlocking Evidence will help you grasp the main concepts of the subject with ease.

Unlocking Evidence will help you grasp the main concepts of the subject with ease.

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.