Legal systems: general

The captivating field of modern forensic science can be challenging to understand.

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

Forensic Microscopy: Truth Under the Lenses provides an overview and understanding of the various types of microscopes and their techniques employed in forensic science.

The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Process surveys the topics and issues in the field of criminal process, including the laws, institutions, and practices of the criminal justice administration.

Este libro ofrece una sugestiva mirada sobre las complejas relaciones entre verdad, proceso y prueba, en la que se entrelazan con acierto las perspectivas histórica, filosófica, dogmática y comparatista.

This is a collection of 1500 quotes from more than 1000 Supreme Court decisions.

Der Kommentar gibt eine profunde Orientierung für Praxis, Wissenschaft und Ausbildung, indem er den Zweck und die tragende Struktur der Vorschriften verständlich darstellt.

In the United Kingdom during the past decade, individuals and groups have increasingly tested the extent to which principles of English administrative law can be used to gain entitlements to health and welfare services and priority for the needs of vulnerable and disadvantaged groups.

In this Liber Amicorum, leading experts and old-time friends from around the world come together to pay tribute to Christopher Hodges' multifaceted career and work by exploring what can be done to deliver justice and fairness, focusing on collective redress, consumer dispute resolution, court system reform, ethical business regulation and regulatory delivery.

During the dark years of the Holocaust, many of the millions of labor and concentration camp victims were sustained in their struggle for survival by the hope that their tormentors would not escape retribution.

The acclaimed guide to formulating and asking penetrating, paradigm-shifting mediation questions to successfully resolve conflict, now completely revised and updated.

Although a State's treatment of foreign investors has long been regulated by international law, it is only recently that international investment law has emerged as an independent discipline in its own right.

Explores the far-reaching effects on American law of bias amongst lawyers and judges towards the legal profession in their decision-making.

This new book advances a fresh philosophical account of the relationship between the legislature and courts, opposing the common conception of law, in which it is legislatures that primarily create the law, and courts that primarily apply it.

The Yearbook of International Sports Arbitration is the first academic publication aiming to offer comprehensive coverage, on a yearly basis, of the most recent and salient developments regarding international sports arbitration, through a combination of general articles and case notes.

Volume 8 of the EYIEL focuses on the external economic relations of the European Union as one of the most dynamic political fields in the process of European integration.

A unique and invaluable guide that advises on the enforcement of high-value money judgments.

This is the first book to focus on the legal question of the incorporation of arbitration clauses, even though this issue constitutes a common problem that arises frequently in practice.

This book describes the state of the lay participation system in criminal justice, saiban-in seido, in Japanese society.

Arbitration is facing revolutionary changes due to new technologies' irruption into the entire arbitration proceeding.

This book presents a comprehensive account of the Supreme Court''s use of international law from the Court''s inception to the present day.

Marking the 35th anniversary of the Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution at King's College London, this volume brings together a large and illustrious group of contributors to create a comprehensive and authoritative guide cutting across all key areas of contemporary construction law, ranging from construction arbitration to procurement and contract law.

Keeping up-to-date and informed about the changes to the Civil Procedure Rules is important to practitioners and students alike.

Globalization of legal traffic and the inherent necessity of having to litigate in foreign courts or to enforce judgments in other countries considerably complicate civil proceedings due to great differences in civil procedure.

With increased international trade transactions and a corresponding increase in disputes arising from those transactions, the application of the doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens - the discretionary power of a court to decline jurisdiction based on the convenience of the parties and the interests of justice - has become extremely relevant when determining which country's court should preside over a controversy involving nationals of different countries.

Esta monografia tiene por objeto reivindicar el papel de los medios de prueba en el proceso, a traves de la presentacion de algunas discusiones que podemos identificar en cada uno de ellos.

Analyzes the political roots of the systems of constitutional justice in Latin America, tracing their development over the last 40 years.

Die laufenden Reformerwägungen des Bundesjustizministerium zum 10.

["Remedy in case of infringement of the claim for hearing (§321a ZPO, German Civil Code)"]
The manual's subject is the "Gehörsrüge" (§ 321a ZPO), which was introduced as of 1 January 2002 in the course of reforming the ZPO.

Tagung Junger Prozessrechtswissenschaftler am 18.

International commercial arbitration and litigation are often seen as competing fora, fields of law, or markets.

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.

In its roughly 25 years of existence, the trial consulting profession has grown dramatically in membership, recognition, and breadth of practice.

Practical Investigation Techniques is useful for new as well as veteran investigators to establish a practical standard for conducting a wide range of diverse criminal investigations.

International Mediation: Breaking Business Deadlock, Third Edition (previously titled: International Mediation: The Art of Business Diplomacy) is written by two of the foremost international mediation experts and practitioners.

Although the jury is often referred to as one of the bulwarks of the American justice system, it regularly comes under attack.

On June 28, 2004, the US Supreme Court broke with a long-standing tradition of deference to the executive in wartime national security cases and became an important actor in an armed conflict.

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

Against Judicial Activism cites numerous cases to support this argument.