Legal systems: courts and procedures

This unique book traces the evolution of the House of Lords as a court for private litigation during the critically important years from 1621 to 1675.

This unique book traces the evolution of the House of Lords as a court for private litigation during the critically important years from 1621 to 1675.

A groundbreaking new study based on extensive and original data that examines court policies and proceedings during the COVID-19 pandemic to uncover the realities of power, procedure, and reform in state civil courts.

The second edition of Children s Testimony is a fully up-to-date resource for practitioners and researchers working in forensic contexts and concerned with children's ability to provide reliable testimony about abuse.

The second edition of Children s Testimony is a fully up-to-date resource for practitioners and researchers working in forensic contexts and concerned with children's ability to provide reliable testimony about abuse.

The interpretation and evaluation of scientific evidence and its presentation in a court of law is central both to the role of the forensic scientist as an expert witness and to the interests of justice.

The interpretation and evaluation of scientific evidence and its presentation in a court of law is central both to the role of the forensic scientist as an expert witness and to the interests of justice.

Communication in Investigative and Legal Contexts Despite a number of research studies, there remain significant differences of opinion among psychologists, linguists and other practitioners on how best to describe particular types of questions and communicate most effectively in forensic contexts.

Communication in Investigative and Legal Contexts Despite a number of research studies, there remain significant differences of opinion among psychologists, linguists and other practitioners on how best to describe particular types of questions and communicate most effectively in forensic contexts.

Real advice you can trust and use in small claims court When every other method to collect has failed, a small claim is the right remedy to seek.

Real advice you can trust and use in small claims court When every other method to collect has failed, a small claim is the right remedy to seek.

A guide to the American legal system, told through the story of two actual court cases The Steps to the Supreme Court takes a lively, narrative approach to the subject by following two real cases--one civil, one criminal--as they work their way through the system all the way up to the Supreme Court.

Gives you the scoop on how the Court reaches its decisions Get involved and track a case through the system This fun and easy guide demystifies the federal court system by describing what kinds of cases the justices hear, outlining how cases reach the Supreme Court, clarifying legal terms, and explaining how the Court arrives at its decisions.

How to Make Money as a Mediator (and Create Value for Everyone) is an invaluable and inspirational resource filled with practical, proven, and down-to-earth information on how you can develop a satisfying and lucrative career as a mediator, no matter what your area of interest labor and employment mediation, intellectual property, environment, personal injury, family and divorce, contract, securities, or international peacekeeping.

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

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

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

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

The book examines obiter dicta and dissenting opinions as aspects of judicial decision-making.

This first-of-its-kind volume surveys twenty constitutional judges who ''towered'' over their peers, exploring their complexities and flaws.

This first-of-its-kind volume surveys twenty constitutional judges who ''towered'' over their peers, exploring their complexities and flaws.

This edition provides a comprehensively updated guide to the crime of aggression under the Statute of the International Criminal Court.

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

Explores how China''s divorce courts have generally done less to protect abused women than to empower and enable their abusers.

Explores how China''s divorce courts have generally done less to protect abused women than to empower and enable their abusers.

An insightful account of the international court''s efforts to make sense of African conflicts in completing its first three trials.

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

An insightful account of the international court''s efforts to make sense of African conflicts in completing its first three trials.

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

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

New Private Law Theory is pluralist, comparative, application-oriented, transnational and reflects critical approaches.

New Private Law Theory is pluralist, comparative, application-oriented, transnational and reflects critical approaches.

Well-chosen negative legal proof rules can be useful procedural safeguards.

Evaluates the fundamental legitimacy of judicial practice in the growing number of environmental cases heard before international courts.

This first study of the legal history of sex offences in Mandate Palestine pioneers a new socio-cultural perspective on evidence.

This first study of the legal history of sex offences in Mandate Palestine pioneers a new socio-cultural perspective on evidence.

Evaluates the fundamental legitimacy of judicial practice in the growing number of environmental cases heard before international courts.

Uses the EU Treaty framework to (re)assess the legitimacy of the Court of Justice''s institutional role in European integration.

Explores how performance measurement systems shape South African court and managerial prosecutors'' understanding of accountability and their legal work practices.

Discusses the judicial role in constitutional authoritarianism in the context of Korea''s political and constitutional transitions.

Explores how suspect statements are elicited in police interrogations, written down and transformed into a document that is cited in court.

Explores Mill''s influence on our constitutional rights tradition including the right to privacy, free speech and how we understand liberty.

Explores Mill''s influence on our constitutional rights tradition including the right to privacy, free speech and how we understand liberty.

An analysis of law and imperial rule reveals that Tsarist Russia was far more ''lawful'' than generally assumed.

Well-chosen negative legal proof rules can be useful procedural safeguards.

An analysis of law and imperial rule reveals that Tsarist Russia was far more ''lawful'' than generally assumed.

Presents a new approach to prominent judgments of the European Court of Justice drawing on the writings of Judge Robert Lecourt.

Discusses the judicial role in constitutional authoritarianism in the context of Korea''s political and constitutional transitions.

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

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