Legal systems: courts and procedures

Thousands of lawsuits continue to be filed in federal and state courts each year to seek recovery from manufacturers of pharmaceuticals and medical devices.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) is the court of final appeal for jurisdictions including the British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and for those Commonwealth countries that have retained the appeal to Her Majesty in Council.

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (JCPC) is the court of final appeal for jurisdictions including the British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, and for those Commonwealth countries that have retained the appeal to Her Majesty in Council.

This book examines the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Ireland since its creation in 1924.

This book examines the jurisprudence of the Supreme Court of Ireland since its creation in 1924.

International organizations are increasingly operating across borders and engaging in legal transactions in virtually all jurisdictions.

The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) mainly came into force in March 2003, introducing a new anti-money laundering regime.

The Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) mainly came into force in March 2003, introducing a new anti-money laundering regime.

International organizations are increasingly operating across borders and engaging in legal transactions in virtually all jurisdictions.

Sentencing is one of the fastest moving areas of law, with frequent legislative changes and hundreds of reported appellate decisions each year.

Sentencing is one of the fastest moving areas of law, with frequent legislative changes and hundreds of reported appellate decisions each year.

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

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

International criminal justice has undergone rapid recent development.

International criminal justice has undergone rapid recent development.

The Protections for Religious Rights is the first practitioner work to offer a full and systematic treatment of the law as it pertains to religious rights in the UK and abroad.

The Protections for Religious Rights is the first practitioner work to offer a full and systematic treatment of the law as it pertains to religious rights in the UK and abroad.

It is generally assumed that we are justified in punishing criminals because they have committed a morally wrongful act.

It is generally assumed that we are justified in punishing criminals because they have committed a morally wrongful act.

A thought-provoking analysis of remedies for breach of contract, this book examines the commitment of English law to the protection of contractual performance.

A thought-provoking analysis of remedies for breach of contract, this book examines the commitment of English law to the protection of contractual performance.

Kok-Chor Tan addresses three key questions in egalitarian distributive justice: Where does distributive equality matter?

This book examines the history, principles, and practice of awarding compensation and restitution in investor-State arbitration disputes, which are initiated under investment treaties.

The limited scope of participation in the making of EU law remains a continued source of controversy, featuring prominently in recent institutional and political developments that have been shaping the EU's constitutional framework - most intensely in the follow up of the Commission's White Paper on Governance.

This book provides an in depth-examination of the principle of complementarity in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and the implications of that principle for the suppression of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes on the domestic level.

Why have the national governments of EU member states successively endowed the European Parliament with supervisory, budgetary, and legislative powers over the past fifty years?

In law, gains, like losses, don't always lie where they fall.

In law, gains, like losses, don't always lie where they fall.

With the strengthening focus worldwide on human rights, there has been a rapid increase in recent years in the number of countries that have completely abolished the death penalty.

With the strengthening focus worldwide on human rights, there has been a rapid increase in recent years in the number of countries that have completely abolished the death penalty.

The first practical guide to the procedural reforms due to be implemented in April 2013, this essential text explains the wide-ranging recommendations made by Sir Rupert Jackson in his Review of Civil Litigation Costs (MoJ, 2009) dealing with the costs of civil litigation.

The first practical guide to the procedural reforms due to be implemented in April 2013, this essential text explains the wide-ranging recommendations made by Sir Rupert Jackson in his Review of Civil Litigation Costs (MoJ, 2009) dealing with the costs of civil litigation.

The politics of criminal sentencing has recently crystallised around the issue of whether and how a system of structured sentencing should inform judicial approaches to punishing criminals.

The politics of criminal sentencing has recently crystallised around the issue of whether and how a system of structured sentencing should inform judicial approaches to punishing criminals.

Opportunities to see expert cross-examinations are often infrequent in international arbitration and the occasions to sharpen these skills for many are rare.

Opportunities to see expert cross-examinations are often infrequent in international arbitration and the occasions to sharpen these skills for many are rare.

Continuing previous work exploring why people stop offending, and the processes by which they are rehabilitated in the community, Criminal Careers in Transition: The Social Context of Desistance from Crime follows the completion of a fifth sweep of interviews with members of a cohort of former probationers interviewed since the late-1990s.

Continuing previous work exploring why people stop offending, and the processes by which they are rehabilitated in the community, Criminal Careers in Transition: The Social Context of Desistance from Crime follows the completion of a fifth sweep of interviews with members of a cohort of former probationers interviewed since the late-1990s.

Coroners' Courts follows the coroner's investigation of a death from initial report to the inquest conclusion and subsequent issues including prevention of future deaths reports.

Coroners' Courts follows the coroner's investigation of a death from initial report to the inquest conclusion and subsequent issues including prevention of future deaths reports.

The law relating to fitness to plead is an increasingly important area of the criminal law.

The law relating to fitness to plead is an increasingly important area of the criminal law.

Electronic disclosure of evidence is now an unavoidable aspect of litigation.

Electronic disclosure of evidence is now an unavoidable aspect of litigation.

What makes someone responsible for a crime and therefore liable to punishment under the criminal law?

What makes someone responsible for a crime and therefore liable to punishment under the criminal law?

The new edition of the bestselling Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook provides a complete practical guide for the busy practitioner.

The new edition of the bestselling Blackstone's Magistrates' Court Handbook provides a complete practical guide for the busy practitioner.

The Euro-Crisis and the legal and institutional responses to it have had important constitutional implications on the architecture of the European Union (EU).

The Euro-Crisis and the legal and institutional responses to it have had important constitutional implications on the architecture of the European Union (EU).