Legal systems: courts and procedures

Today, statutes make up the bulk of the relevant law heard in federal courts and arguably represent the most important source of American law.

At the beginning of 2015, the Court of Justice opened its archives, which created a new and challenging primary source for those studying the Court of Justice: the dossiers de procedure which contain much more than the contemporary documents published by the Court.

When the first President Bush chose David Hackett Souter for the Supreme Court in 1990, the slender New Englander with the shy demeanor and ambiguous past was quickly dubbed a "e;stealth candidate"e;.

Choice Outstanding Academic TitleSince at least the time of Justinianunder statutes, codes of judicial ethics, and the common lawjudges have been expected to recuse themselves from cases in which they might have a stake.

This is the first work to concentrate solely on damages for breach of contract and provides the most comprehensive and detailed treatment of the subject to date.

A 2011 collection of comparative insights on four major themes relating to the workings of the judiciary in six democracies.

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

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

Lady Hale is an inspirational figure admired for her historic achievements and for the causes she has championed.

For more than two centuries, the U.

How did the federal judiciary transcend early limitations to become a powerful institution of American governance?

Routledge Lawcards are your complete, pocket-sized guides to key examinable areas of the undergraduate law curriculum and the CPE/GDL.

Led by Professor David Ormerod and David Perry QC, our team of authors has been hand-picked to ensure that you can trust our unique combination of authority and practicality.

Explores the extent to which courts in Latin America protect individual rights and limit governments.

Two leading scholars of the Supreme Court explain and predict its decision making.

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.

PRAISE FOR THE BOOK:"e;This constitutes a work of impressive scholarship that will become a major reference point for future discourse on choice of court agreements.

Gerard Conway explains how judges of the ECJ should be understood as sharing the same interpretative perspective as the law-maker.

This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the presumption of innocence from both a practical and theoretical point of view.

A comparative analysis of five common law countries'' cameras-in-courts experiences and regulation of audio-visual reporting.

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.

Is the American judiciary still the least dangerous branch, as Alexander Hamilton and legal scholar Alexander Bickel characterized it?

How can otherwise normal, moral persons - as citizens, voters, and jurors - participate in a process that is designed to take the life of another?

The power and influence of the federal judiciary has been widely discussed and understood.

At the end of the eighteenth century, when ten lawyers gathered in what is now Niagara-on-the-Lake to form the Law Society of Upper Canada, they were creating something new in the world: a professional organization with statutory authority to control its membership and govern its own affairs.

The first in-depth study to integrate the study of legal language with analysis of multimodal communication.

Juries have been at the center of some of the most emotionally charged moments of political life.

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

The Economics of Lawmaking explores the relative advantages and limits of alternative sources of law.

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

This book assesses data protection rules that are applicable to the processing of personal data in a law enforcement context.

Blackstone's Employment Law Practice 2019 is the only text to provide everything you need for bringing, defending, and appealing employment cases in one single, portable volume, providing an unbeatable combination of clear commentary and key legislation.

A comparative approach to judicial communication offering perspectives on the relationship between national supreme courts and the media covering them.

This book offers a thorough, critical, and accessible analysis of the American Convention on Human Rights which is the main human rights treaty of the Americas.

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.

In any account of twentieth-century Canadian law, Bora Laskin (1912-1984) looms large.

This book evaluates the role played by statistical evidence in litigation.

The House of Lords served as the highest court in the UK for over 130 years.

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

The jury is often hailed as one of the most important symbols of American democracy.

Engel examines changing politicians'' perceptions of the threat posed by opposition and how it influenced manipulations of judicial authority.

The rise of international criminal trials has been accompanied by a call for domestic responses to extraordinary violence.

This book advances an integrated model of Supreme Court decision making that incorporates variables from the models of Supreme Court decision making.

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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.

The testimony of an expert witness can lead to success or failure in cases that hinge on the presentation's impact on a jury.

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