Legal systems: courts and procedures

The award-winning "e;radically original"e; (The Atlantic) restorative justice leader, whose work the Washington Post has called "e;totally sensible and totally revolutionary,"e; grapples with the problem of violent crime in the movement for prison abolitionA National Book Foundation Literature for Justice honoreeA Kirkus "e;Best Book of 2019 to Fight Racism and Xenophobia"e;Winner of the National Association of Community and Restorative Justice Journalism AwardFinalist for the Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social JusticeIn a book Democracy Now!

The first-ever biography of the most pivotal Justice on the Supreme Court whose decisions, like the overturning of Roe, will drive the reshaping of America, by prize-winning journalist Peter Canellos.

In 1906 a white lawyer named Dabney Marshall argued a case before the Mississippi Supreme Court demanding the racial integration of juries.

Dear American, No part of life in the United States has been untouched by Donald Trump's relentless weaponization of the Justice Department.

This biography of Joseph Henry Lumpkin (1799-1867) details the life and work of the man whose senior judgeship on Georgia's Supreme Court spanned more than twenty years and included service as its first Chief Justice.

Combining a journalist's view of major trials with a political-legal analysis, this text gives a picture of the politics of justice in Russia.

Combining a journalist's view of major trials with a political-legal analysis, this text gives a picture of the politics of justice in Russia.

Do women have equal chances in the judiciary?

In No Place for Ethics, Hill argues that contemporary judicial review by the U.

In No Place for Ethics, Hill argues that contemporary judicial review by the U.

Do women have equal chances in the judiciary?

As a punishment for our most serious crime-the intentional killing of a victim in an egregious way-the death penalty naturally attracts opposing moral views.

The first transnational comparative study of legal party capability theory Justice is supposed to be blind.

The first transnational comparative study of legal party capability theory Justice is supposed to be blind.

Court and policy makers have increasingly had to deal with-and sometimes even embrace-technology, from podcasts to the Internet.

As a punishment for our most serious crime-the intentional killing of a victim in an egregious way-the death penalty naturally attracts opposing moral views.

Court and policy makers have increasingly had to deal with-and sometimes even embrace-technology, from podcasts to the Internet.

The spy business often results in a sudden exchange of the dark shadows of the clandestine back room for the bright lights of the open courtroom.

The spy business often results in a sudden exchange of the dark shadows of the clandestine back room for the bright lights of the open courtroom.

Supreme Court justices have long relied on law clerks to help process the work of the Court.

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

High courts around the world hold a revered place in the legal hierarchy.

For most of their history, the U.

Over the course of the past decade, the behavioral analysis of decisions by the Supreme Court has turned to game theory to gain new insights into this important institution in American politics.

What role should the Senate play in the selection and confirmation of judges?

A selection of the landmark Supreme Court decisions that have shaped American society

Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and—above all—essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars.

Winner of 'Best Book' and 'Impact for Change' True Crime Awards 2025The shocking true story of one of Britain's most secretive, groundbreaking and successful police covert operationsBristol, 1979.

In Voters' Verdicts, Chris Bonneau and Damon Cann address contemporary concerns with judicial elections by investigating factors that influence voters' decisions in the election of state supreme court judges.

Until President Jimmy Carter launched an effort to diversify the lower federal courts, the U.

Presidents and their Justices offers an innovative look at the relationship between a president and the Supreme Court justices they appoint.

An authoritative and accessible one-stop resource for understanding the U.

With its blend of accessible writing and actual excerpts from Court opinions, this book serves to explain the legal and cultural underpinnings of landmark U.

Servants of the Law examines the lives of two famous California judges, David S.

This volume explores the many ways in which politics shapes the allegedly nonpartisan judicial system in America, ranging from how judges are selected to the bench to how they rule when they get there.

A First Amendment Profile of the Supreme Court focuses on the nine justices of the United States Supreme Court and determines their frames for assessing First Amendment cases.

This volume explores the many ways in which politics shapes the allegedly nonpartisan judicial system in America, ranging from how judges are selected to the bench to how they rule when they get there.

This book addresses the myriad controversies and examines the evidence regarding capital punishment in America.

This book is centered on the fifteen landmark cases as identified and required for students taking the College Board Advanced Placement(R) Government and Politics Exam.

What is the epistemological value of testimony?

In Moral Desert, Howard Simmons notes that the idea that we deserve to be praised or rewarded for good behavior and blamed or punished when we act badly seems central to everyone's moral deliberation and practices.

This book argues that Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

The second edition of Crime Policy in America describes the process of policy-making and the substantive nature of policy directions in crime and justice in America, particularly from the beginning of the 1970s.

Crime at El Escorial presents a comparative social and judicial analysis of an 1892 child murder, drawing from newspaper archives among other historical documents.

In deciding the abortion and physician assisted suicide cases, a majority of the Justices of the United States Supreme Court drew on medical knowledge to inform their opinions while dismissing the distinctively different knowledge offered by patients.

What is the epistemological value of testimony?

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.

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.

When an individual is accused of a crime he is provided, at least in theory, with numerous constitutional rights throughout the legal process.

An authoritative and accessible one-stop resource for understanding the U.

Despite 15 years of reform efforts, the incarceration rate in the United States remains unprecedentedly high.