Legal systems: courts and procedures

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

Allen Steinberg brings to life the court-centered criminal justice system of nineteenth-century Philadelphia, chronicles its eclipse, and contrasts it to the system - dominated by the police and public prosecutor - that replaced it.

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

This is the first systematic comparative study into how consumer ADR systems (usually ombudsmen and m diateurs) work, the differing national architectures within which they operate and how they can be improved.

Los problemas acerca de la noción de prueba y de la justificación de las decisiones jurídicas sobre los hechos son de capital importancia teórica y práctica.

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

Beyond Common Sense addresses the many important and controversial issues that arise from the use of psychological and social science in the courtroom.

This collection marks the 150th anniversary of the Technology and Construction Court by presenting insights into its history and impact.

This book examines the significance of values in Supreme Court decision making.

The Courage of their Convictions cites sixteen landmark civil liberties cases and the individuals who challenged laws that they felt impinged upon their personal freedom and who took their battles to the nation's highest court of law.

Starting in the 1970s, conservatives learned that electoral victory did not easily convert into a reversal of important liberal accomplishments, especially in the law.

When the European Court of Justice and the Court of First Instance drafts its own procedural rules, and when it makes decisions on procedural matters, it turns to Paul Lasok's highly regarded book for confirmation and guidance.

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

Over the past two decades, the United States has seen an intense debate about the composition of the federal judiciary.

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.

Understand the complexities of EU law and its implications on UK lawLaw of the European Union, 13th Edition, by Morano-Foadi and Neller is a comprehensive and visually appealing coverage of the structure, law and practice of the European Union and its impact on UK law.

Busted!

Criminal proceedings in which people can lose life, liberty, or reputation tell us a great deal about the character of any society.

Arbitration of International Business Disputes 2nd edition is a fully revised and updated anthology of essays by Rusty Park, a leading scholar in international arbitration and a sought-after arbitrator for both commercial and investment treaty cases.

The essays comprising this volume are the outcome of a major and unique project which looks in detail at the application of EC law by national courts and the interaction of the demands of EC law with the constraints imposed by national legal orders and,especially, national constitutional orders.

Esta obra incide de nuevo en el estudio práctico de la prueba desde su perspectiva dinámica, es decir, su propia actuación en el proceso.

Legal writing is specialized writing; it has terminology, techniques, and forms all its own.

For more than two centuries, the U.

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

This book explores challenges posed by the use of DNA evidence to the traditional features, procedures and principles of the criminal trial.

Das Werk beinhaltet wertvolle Ratschläge und prozesstaktische Hinweise aus langjähriger Verteidigererfahrung, die helfen, schwerwiegende Fehler im Ermittlungsverfahren zu vermeiden.

The newest edition of Taylor on Criminal Appeals provides a detailed guide to the practice and procedure with in depth analysis of the various procedural aspects and substantive grounds to challenges the decisions of the criminal courts, both in England and Wales as well as the Privy Council and European Court of Human Rights.

The United States Supreme Court's 2002-03 term confounded Court watchers.

The Law of Evidence in Ireland explores the development of a particular Irish dimension to evidence scholarship, grounded in the constitutional concept of fairness and influenced by the case law of the ECHR.

This book examines notions of procedural fairness applicable to truth commissions.

A sound understanding of legal professional privilege provides practitioners with a strategic advantage not to be underestimated.

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

Understand the complexities of EU law and its implications on UK lawLaw of the European Union, 13th Edition, by Morano-Foadi and Neller is a comprehensive and visually appealing coverage of the structure, law and practice of the European Union and its impact on UK law.

This book demonstrates that the hearings to confirm Supreme Court nominees are in fact a democratic forum for the discussion and ratification of constitutional change.

There are more than 600 Federal district judges serving today, and they decide some 230,000 civil cases each year.

This guide on assessment of people with some sort of mental impairment is a broad ranging report produced jointly by the British Medical Association and the Law Society.

This 2006 book draws on contemporary legal thinking to present a model of the legal system of classical Athens.

With the media spotlight on the recent developments concerning the Supreme Court, more and more people have become increasingly interested in the highest court in the land.

Employs a framework rooted in social ecology and historical institutionalism to explain recent changes to China''s judiciary.

This book examines the relationship between justices and the press including coverage of the institution and the effects of coverage on public opinion.

Each year the public, media, and government wait in anticipation for the Supreme Court to announce major decisions.

This is a time when the rule of law is seriously challenged, when governments threaten deliberately to break the law, and the independence of justice is jeopardised by unrelenting pressure from both the executive and the media.

Focusing on a single county at a time when the population grew from 24,000 to 246,000, the authors combine statistical analysis of documentary sources, contemporary newspaper accounts, and exploration in criminal case files to give a detailed reconstruction of the operations of the county's entire criminal justice system.