Legal systems: general

Automatism is a notoriously difficult subject for law students, lawyers and judges.

The American legal system is experiencing a period of extreme stress, if not crisis, as it seems to be losing its legitimacy with at least some segments of its constituency.

Covering both the principles and practice of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), this important new textbook equips students not only with a contextual understanding of the role of ADR in adjudicating civil disputes but also with the different forms of mediation and ADR available and the key issues in their application.

No occupation in America supplies a greater proportion of leaders than the legal profession, yet it has done little to prepare them for this role.

Featuring in-depth interviews of attorneys, judges, and seasoned forensic experts from multiple disciplines including psychology, medicine, economics, history, and neuropsychology, The Art and Science of Expert Witness Testimony highlights and offers bridges for the areas where the needs and expectations of the courtroom collide with experts' communication habits developed over years of academic and professional training.

This book makes a significant contribution to the comprehension of the law and practice of provisional measures issued by international courts and tribunals, including international commercial arbitration.

This thoroughly revised second edition incorporates major changes made in the procedures and practice of the Inter-American Court since the book''s original publication.

An "e;excellent"e; collection of case studies and stories from the forensic anthropologist who founded Tennessee's "e;Body Farm"e; (Charleston Post & Courier).

Birth-based citizenship is widely considered to be the most secure claim to political belonging.

What happens when the acquisition of a business goes wrong?

This is the first book to thematically investigate lying in the American legal system.

A study of the decision-making process of Chinese courts and the non-legal forces and regional factors that influence judicial outcomes.

A strong counter-argument to the universalising discourse on proportionality and global constitutionalism.

The main topic is dispute resolution within specific Africa countries, and the journey of Africa becoming a global leader as the seat of dispute resolution, focusing on the mechanisms of mediation, arbitration, conciliation and negotiation.

Der Inhalt:Dargestellt werden die für das erste Staatsexamen in der Pflichtfachprüfung relevanten Bereiche des Zivilprozessrechts (Verfahrensgrundsätze, Prozessvoraussetzungen, Arten und Wirkungen von Klagen und gerichtlichen Entscheidungen, Prozessvergleich, vorläufiger Rechtsschutz; Arten und Rechtsbehelfe der Zwangsvollstreckung).

Provides a comprehensive global survey on multi-tier dispute resolution, examining its trends, its strengths and weaknesses, and the way forward.

Este libro es, fundamentalmente, la voz ""prueba"" de una enciclopedia.

Explores how performance measurement systems shape South African court and managerial prosecutors'' understanding of accountability and their legal work practices.

¿Qué significa motivar una resolución judicial?

Winner of the DSBA Practical Law Book of the Year Award 2020This seventh edition provides comprehensive treatment of the key elements of the legal system in Ireland, including the roles and regulation of legal practitioners, the organisation of the courts and the judiciary, and an analysis of the main sources of Irish law and their application in practice.

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

This book is the first book to comprehensively and deeply explain and construct the legal system of Chinese art auctions.

The new edition of this leading work continues to provide full analysis of the legal and practical aspects arising in trusts disputes, with attention to jurisdiction-specific issues covering ten of the most relevant territories.

This book explores efforts by women to gain the right to sit on juries in the United States.

This book provides an in-depth discussion and introduction to Chinese civil procedure from both a theoretical and practical perspectives, as well as a comparative study of its relevant systems with those of the West.

The essays in this volume are dedicated to Gareth Jones, the retiring Downing Professor of English Law at the University of Cambridge.

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

This book analyzes how today's system of international trade law and international economic relations has evolved over the last six decades.

Valentina Vadi assesses whether cultural heritage has and/or should have any relevance in international investment law and policy.

The weakening of the federal courtsand how they can restore their power and Americans access to justicetold through the lives of three remarkable judges.

La presente obra, que es una muestra de dialogo y argumentacion juridica, abre con diez tesis sobre razonamiento judicial.

This book explores the complex relationship between colonial law and the reform of legal systems in postcolonial states.

El libro Medidas provisionales de la Corte Interamericana de Derechos Humanos respecto de Colombia continúa el trabajo que se inició con la obra Jurisprudencia interamericana en los casos contra Colombia; esta vez, se estudia el alcance del trabajo de la Corte IDH en desarrollo de su competencia cautelar.

An insightful, chronological-by chief justice-examination of the Supreme Court that enables students and readers to understand and appreciate the constitutional role the Court plays in American government and society.

In countries outside the developed world, although writers have written commentaries on specific legal codes, very little attention has been given to legal writing which has focused specifically on the ethics of the legal profession.

The dramatic inside story of the most important case in the history of sovereign debt lawArgentina's 2001 default on $100 billion in bonds and the messy litigation that followed has had an outsized impact on sovereign debt markets, sovereign debt law, and the International Monetary Fund's policies.

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