The Modern Law of Evidence is a best-selling and indispensible guide for students studying the contemporary law of evidence. The ninth edition examines the theory behind the law of evidence as well as its practical application, with emphasis on current debates.
This volume challenges conventional wisdom about judicial independence in China and its relationship to economic growth, rule of law, human rights protection, and democracy by placing China's judicial reforms within a broader comparative and developmental framework.
A collection of articles on the search for value-added or pie-expanding creative solutions; the choosing of strategies, based on game theory, economics and social and cognitive psychology; how foundational theories have been altered or modified, depending on contexts; and, more.
The judiciary in the US has been subject to increasingly vocal, aggressive criticisms by media members, activists, and public officials at the federal, state, and local level. This title probes whether these attacks and proposals for reform represent threats to judicial independence or the normal, even healthy, operation of our political system.
Examines how judges' opinions have been presented from early American Republic onwards. Tracing the history of judicial opinion to its roots in English common law, this work concludes that a shift from an authoritative to a more personal and exploratory individual style of writing opinions is consistent with a more democratic judicial institution.
Making good use of two case studies which run throughout the book, this text provides student-focused coverage of the key procedures central to the civil litigation process. Innovative diagrams in the form of a time line help students see how the procedures fit together, while costs and professional conduct issues are clearly highlighted.
Features articles that draw on game theory, political science, psychology, sociology and anthropology to consider how the process of dispute resolution is altered, challenged and made more complex by the presence of multiple parties and/or multiple issues.
Murphy on Evidence is a leading text for undergraduates and those studying for professional law exams. It bridges the gap between academic and practical treatments of the law of evidence, containing detailed academic analysis alongside a wealth of practical information about how the law is applied in the courtroom.
This is a practical and comprehensive guide that illustrates the key skills and techniques required in mediation advocacy. It proposes new solutions to help solve common problems in mediation and offers informed guidance on effective negotiation. Includes extensive appendices to help guide the reader through all stages of the mediation process.
How do Supreme Court justices decide their cases? Do they follow their policy preferences? Or are they constrained by the law and by other political actors? By showing how law and politics interact in the construction of American law, this book sheds light on the role that the Supreme Court plays in the constitutional order.
How do Supreme Court justices decide their cases? Do they follow their policy preferences? Or are they constrained by the law and by other political actors? This title combines fresh theoretical insights and data analysis to show that law and politics together shape the behavior of justices on the Supreme Court.
Ong on Equity is a substantial and sophisticated work from Professor Denis Ong, author of the acclaimed commentary: Trusts Law in Australia, now in its third edition. Ong on Equity analyses in detail relevant cases from all the Australian and from international jurisdictions and thoroughly reviews all aspects of judicial decision making.
On 10 May 2010, President Obama nominated Solicitor General Elena Kagan to replace retiring Justice John Paul Stevens. This title examines the office of Solicitor General and its successes before the Court, and the career of Elena Kagan and her nomination to Supreme Court Justice.
Given the emphasis of the Civil Procedure Rules on settlement and speedy resolution of disputes, declaratory proceedings are increasingly important. This new edition of the definitive work on the subject explains the wide scope of the declaratory judgment as a public law remedy for both individuals and public bodies and shows how it can be used.
Explores the influence of trial procedures on juror decision-making. This book covers such topics as procedural justice issues and theoretical models of juror decision-making. It is suitable for social psychologists, lawyers and legal scholars and criminologists.
This title is the definitive, annual guide to the requirements of the Listing, Prospectus, and Disclosure and Transparency Rules. It offers practical guidance on the eligibility criteria and continued obligations for listing on the London Stock Exchange, the disclosure requirements, and the contents, approval and publication of prospectuses.
This book, now in paperback, focuses on the world's first publicly-funded body - the Criminal Cases Review Commission - to review alleged miscarriages of justice. Providing a critique of its operations, the book shows that its help to innocent victims of wrongful conviction is merely incidental.
Providing over 130 challenging multiple choice questions, together with answers and feedback, Test Yourself is the ideal revision guide for students on the Bar Professional Training Course. It allows students to quickly reinforce their knowledge of the key aspects of evidence, civil procedure, and sentencing.
A cross-national study that shows how various criminal justice systems are susceptible to wrongful convictions. It offers discussions of specific legal systems and considers issues that transcend national boundaries. It also offers suggestions for compensating more fairly those who are wrongfully convicted.
County courthouses around the country have always been the arbitrators of disputes and conflicts that arise in a community. This book provides a different perspective on how such events can change both a community and the practice of law in general. Its view emerges from cases involving well-known figures as well as the stories of ordinary people.
Examines the institutions, structures and processes of the law in the Commonwealth Caribbean. This book explores: the court system and the Caribbean Court of Justice which replaces appeals to the Privy Council; the offshore financial legal sector; and, Caribbean customary law and the rights of indigenous peoples.
Not a day goes by in South Africa when the role of law, the rule of law, the independence of the judiciary and the future of constitutional democracy is not debated. This book examines a series of key cases, the judgements in which changed the political or social landscape of the country.
Challenges certain differences between contract, tort and equity in relation to the measure (in a broad sense) of damages. This book states that the differences between contract, tort and equity cannot be justified on merits and should be removed through a harmonisation of the relevant principles.
The Supreme Court has expressed an interest 'that Congress be able to legislate against a background of clear interpretative rules, so that it may know the effect of the language it adopts'. This report identifies and describes some of the important rules and conventions of interpretation that the Court applies.
Includes a collection of articles on courts that have appeared in a number of criminal justice academic journals and books, along with textual material that serves to explain the readings. This book is intended as a supplemental reader for a graduate course in courts.
Upon its initial publication, Children's Testimony garnered widespread acclaim as a valuable resource for academics and practitioners alike. The second edition reflects the substantial progress made in the field over the past decade and includes the results of ongoing international research.
The Legal System provides a concise explanation and analysis of the institutions, personnel, and procedures that make up the legal system in England and Wales. Summary points, self-test questions, and practical examples help the reader to analyse recent developments and explore key themes and underlying tensions within the legal system.
Billie-Jo Jenkins was murdered at her home in Hastings, Sussex in February 1997. Her foster father, Sion Jenkins, who had just been appointed headteacher of the local boys' secondary school, was arrested and charged with the murder. After a momentous legal battle he was finally acquitted in February 2006. Now, for the first time, this book puts on record his version of what actually happened.
The fourth edition has been thoroughly updated and revised to provide a comprehensive introduction to the German legal system and covers institutional, public, and private law. Included are extracts from the Grundgesetz and a glossary of German legal terms.
This directory is for those who have dealings with or appear in the UK courts. This directory is a definitive source of information on HM Courts Service and related offices, containing accurate, up-to-date details of contact names, telephone and fax numbers, addresses, document exchange numbers, court codes and normal times and sittings of courts.
The appointment of a Supreme Court Justice is an infrequent event of major significance in American politics. Each appointment is important because of the enormous judicial power the Supreme Court exercises as the highest appellate court in the federal judiciary.
Provides legal, social and political contexts for various cases, showing how the law has evolved over time. This book examines the court's view concerning its constitutional power to respond to an economic emergency during the Great Depression. It outlines cases in which the judges ruled on the government's role in legislating morals and morality.
For thirty years, Linda Greenhouse chronicled the activities of the justices as the Supreme Court correspondent for the New York Times. In this concise volume, she draws on her deep knowledge of the court's history as well as of its written and unwritten rules to show the reader how the Supreme Court really works.
Addresses Congress' oversight authority over individual federal judges or Supreme Court Justices. This book also reviews the constitutional foundation of the federal courts. It then addresses Congress' ability to limit the jurisdiction of the courts over particular issues, sometimes referred to as 'court-stripping'.
Examines the principal trends and policy goals relating to collective redress mechanisms in Europe. This book identifies three principal areas in which procedures and debates have emerged: within consumer protection and competition law, and from some national court systems.
A guide to the American legal system, told through the story of two actual court cases The Steps to the Supreme Court takes a lively, narrative approach to the subject by following two real cases--one civil, one criminal--as they work their way through the system all the way up to the Supreme Court.
In the United States, almost 90 percent of state judges have to run in popular elections to remain on the bench. The People's Courts traces the history of this peculiarly American institution and the ongoing quest for an independent judiciary--one that would ensure fairness for all before the law--from the colonial era to the present.
French Law: A Comparative Approach provides an authoritative, thorough, and clear account of the French legal system and its internal workings. It explains both the institutions and substantive law along with the methodology that underpins the system. Illuminating and insightful comparisons to other legal jurisdictions are made throughout.
Upon its initial publication, Children's Testimony garnered widespread acclaim as a valuable resource for academics and practitioners alike. The second edition reflects the substantial progress made in the field over the past decade and includes the results of ongoing international research.
Whether examining election outcomes, the legal status of terrorism suspects, or if (or how) people can be sentenced to death, a judge assumes a role that raises some of the contentious political issues of our day. This title sets forth a vision of the role of the judge.
Deals with Her Majesty's Court Service, High Court and Crown Courts; County Courts; Courts of Summary Jurisdiction; Crown Prosecution Service; Penal Establishments; and, Probate Courts. This title also includes: names, addresses, telephone, fax and DX numbers, area codes, court codes and times and sittings of courts.
The EU Competition Law Handbook is a comprehensive citator for Commission decisions and competition cases before the EU and National courts, conveniently cross-referenced by subject matter. Updated annually, this is the 22nd edition, incorporating decisions and developments up to June 2011.
Includes essays, which examine the extent to which the Supreme Court of Alberta articulated an Albertan response to the varied legal questions of the 20th century. This volume also includes thematic essays examining First Nations' hunting rights, oil and gas law, water law, gender, the Hutterites and religious freedom, and family law.
How did the federal judiciary transcend early limitations to become a powerful institution of American governance? This title uncovers the causes and consequences of judicial institution-building in the United States from the commencement of the new government in 1789 through the close of the twentieth century.
How did the federal judiciary transcend early limitations to become a powerful institution of American governance? This book uncovers the causes and consequences of judicial institution-building in the United States from the commencement of the new government in 1789 through the close of the twentieth century.
Expert evidence frequently wins or loses cases. This book approaches 'expert privilege' as a subcategory of privilege of its own. It offers an overview of the issues, cases and rules that feature in this area. It is aimed at solicitors and counsel practicing in England and Wales in areas of civil, commercial litigation that use expert evidence.
Examines whether Senate processing of lower court nominations, particularly to the courts of appeals, has tended over decades to slow down in presidential election years. This work offers narratives on each presidential election year from 1980 to 2004, reviewing Senate and committee actions taken on court of appeals and district court nominations.
Awards of attorneys' fees are often designed to help to equalise contests between private individual plaintiffs and corporate or governmental defendants. Most Supreme Court decisions involving attorneys' fees have interpreted civil rights statutes. This book focuses on these statutes.
The Pursuit of Justice is a realistic yet hopeful analysis of how the law works in practice rather than in theory. The multi-chapter discussion recognizes that decision makers in the law - judges, lawyers, juries, police, forensic experts and more - respond systematically to the incentive structures with which they are confronted.
Contains practical details and instruction about becoming, being, and succeeding as an expert witness. This title features more than one hundred specific tactics for use by the specialist retained by an attorney as an expert witness. It incorporates explanations of qualifications, opinion formation and expression, and jury persuasion.
Full of surprises and new insights... this book is about more than [Franklin Roosevelt's] plan to pack the [Supreme] Court. It's about America's enduring struggle to reconcile our founders' ideals with conflicting challenges.. . to build a more perfect union.--President Bill Clinton.
Explains the structure and terminology of some of the main areas of German public and private law. Amid the increasing complexity of international legal relations, this book provides a firm reference point for those native English speakers who deal with legal matters in Germany, and for those who aim to qualify as German lawyers.
Provides information on the amount of time taken to act on various Supreme Court nominations starting from 1900. This book focuses on the amounts of time that Presidents and the Senate have taken to act (as opposed to the elapsed time between official points in the process). It discusses when the Senate became aware of the President's selection.
Provides you with essential guidance on how to understand electronic evidence and how to use this successfully in litigation and other means of dispute resolution. This title brings together the various issues relating to disclosure, procedure and admissibility of electronic evidence as well as comprehensive coverage of jurisdictions.
The Supreme Court of US is in the midst of a generation change which will result in societal imperatives different than those in the past. The Supreme Court of the US has a profound effect on ideas and behaviour of the people of the US. This bibliography presents 100s of citations of the important literature dealing with this beacon of society.
A guide to the Civil Procedure Rules (CPR) as they apply in the Caribbean. Providing comprehensive coverage of the CPR, it contains: the full text of the Rules where available; relevant forms and practice directions; incisive commentary to aid interpretation and application of the Rules; coverage of relevant Caribbean case law; and, more.
The Labour government is in the process of subverting the children's justice system through a deadly combination of legal aid cuts, court fee hikes, market dogmatism, and reductionist protocols. This title exposes the iniquities of the government's policies.
Considers the application of dispute resolution theory and practice to international conflicts and explores the uses of formal processes such as diplomacy or treaty formation, as well as more informal processes such as multiple-track private negotiations or peace workshops.
Examines the differing rationalities, aims and assumptions built into money's deployment in diverse legal fields and sanctions. This book explores the view that contemporary governance is less concerned with disciplining individuals and more concerned with regulating distributions and flows of behaviours and the harms and costs linked with these.
Over the years the American public has witnessed several hard-fought battles over nominees to the US Supreme Court. This book examines one such fight to discover how and why people formed opinions about the nominee, and to determine how the confirmation process shaped perceptions of the Supreme Court's legitimacy.
A guide to bringing, defending and appealing civil proceedings. It provides focused and comprehensive coverage of the CPR. It examines procedure in the civil courts and contains the Civil Procedure Rules 1998. It covers general and more specific jurisdiction of the civil courts. It is suitable for practitioners in the High Court and county courts.
Should judges in United States courts be permitted to cite foreign laws in their rulings? This book explores jurisprudential ideas that could underlie the Supreme Court's occasional recourse to foreign law, especially in constitutional cases, and argues that societies are governed partly by their own laws and partly by laws common to all mankind.
Examines the emergence of the modern notarial profession - free market scribes responsible for producing original legal documents and their copies. This title focuses on the government officials, notaries, and consumers who regulated, wrote, and purchased notarial documents in Rome between the 14th and 18th centuries.