Legal systems: courts and procedures

This book argues that Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

The need to balance power between the Member States and the Union and between public power and the market has created powerful constitutional dilemmas for the European Union.

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

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

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

Of all the steps in the Supreme Court's decision-making process, only one is visible to the public: the oral arguments.

Revealing analysis of how judges work as individuals and collectively to uphold judicial values in the face of contemporary challenges.

Forensic Microscopy: Truth Under the Lenses provides an overview and understanding of the various types of microscopes and their techniques employed in forensic science.

Este libro ofrece una sugestiva mirada sobre las complejas relaciones entre verdad, proceso y prueba, en la que se entrelazan con acierto las perspectivas histórica, filosófica, dogmática y comparatista.

This new book advances a fresh philosophical account of the relationship between the legislature and courts, opposing the common conception of law, in which it is legislatures that primarily create the law, and courts that primarily apply it.

This book presents a comprehensive account of the Supreme Court''s use of international law from the Court''s inception to the present day.

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With increased international trade transactions and a corresponding increase in disputes arising from those transactions, the application of the doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens - the discretionary power of a court to decline jurisdiction based on the convenience of the parties and the interests of justice - has become extremely relevant when determining which country's court should preside over a controversy involving nationals of different countries.

Esta monografia tiene por objeto reivindicar el papel de los medios de prueba en el proceso, a traves de la presentacion de algunas discusiones que podemos identificar en cada uno de ellos.

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

In its roughly 25 years of existence, the trial consulting profession has grown dramatically in membership, recognition, and breadth of practice.

Practical Investigation Techniques is useful for new as well as veteran investigators to establish a practical standard for conducting a wide range of diverse criminal investigations.

Although the jury is often referred to as one of the bulwarks of the American justice system, it regularly comes under attack.

On June 28, 2004, the US Supreme Court broke with a long-standing tradition of deference to the executive in wartime national security cases and became an important actor in an armed conflict.

Explores the possibilities and limits of the international legal architecture and its expert communities in shaping the world of tomorrow.

In 2009, Stephen Barker was convicted of rape on the evidence of a little girl who was four-and-a-half years old at the trial, and about three-and-a-half when first interviewed by the police.

A comparative, systematic and critical analysis of constitutional courts and constitutional review in Asia.

This comprehensive volume explores the impact of emerging technologies designed to fight crime and terrorism.

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Courts in different jurisdictions face similar human rights questions.

Alan Paterson argues that, in a democracy, legal institutions are too important to be defined and controlled by lawyers alone.

A lively narrative account of the first case to appear at the International Criminal Court, A Conviction in Question documents the trial of Union of Congolese Patriots leader and warlord, Thomas Lubanga Dyilo.

The IBA Rules on the Taking of Evidence in International Arbitration (the 'Rules') are used in the majority of international arbitration cases, regardless of the administering institution or the legal background of the parties.

A description of the recent growth of an internationalist outlook in British courts.

This book analyses the key skills that a lawyer needs to handle a case effectively, a topic that is not covered coherently in any other book.

The US Supreme Court is an institution that operates almost totally behind closed doors.

China after Mao has undergone vast transformations, including massive rural-to-urban migration, rising divorce rates, and the steady expansion of the country's legal system.

This book presents a comprehensive account of the Supreme Court''s use of international law from the Court''s inception to the present day.

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

Good Judgment, based upon the author's experience as a lawyer, law professor, and judge, explores the role of the judge and the art of judging.

Alfredo Garcia, who has been both a prosecuting and a defense attorney in criminal processes, reviews the United States Supreme Court's interpretations of the Sixth Amendment--the right to a fair trial--as they have evolved since the 1960s.

What are drug courts?

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

Although Mexico's Constitution of 1917 mandated the division of large landholdings, provided land for the landless, and guaranteed workers the rights to organize, strike, and bargain collectively, it also guaranteed fundamental liberal rights to property and due process that enabled property owners and employers to resist the implementation of the new social rights by filing suit in federal court.

The Judicial System: A Reference Handbook provides an authoritative and accessible one-stop resource for understanding the U.

Readers seeking information about Elena Kagan-from her early life and her ascent to the Supreme Court to how she approaches questions of fairness, justice, equality, and civil rights-will find this biography engaging and invaluable.

This book argues that national and international courts seek to enhance their reputations through the strategic exercise of judicial power.

A comprehensive and detailed examination of the law of evidence in the broadest of civil and criminal contexts.

A comprehensive digest and commentary of the case law and jurisprudence of the Appeals Chamber of the International Criminal Court.

This guide was developed to assist students, professors, executives of local criminal justice systems, and appointed and elected officials of general government to have a better understanding on how the criminal justice system should function.