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  • Disorder in the Court: Great Fractured Moments in Courtroom History

    Great Fractured Moments in Courtroom History

    by Charles M. Sevilla ...
    In America's courtooms, the verdict is laughter.Sit back and enjoy a collection of verbatim exchanges from the halls of justice, where defendants and plaintiffs, lawyers and witnesses, juries and judges, collide to produce memorably insane comedy.The Court: The charge here is theft of frozen chickens. Are you the defendant, sir?Defendant: No, sir, I'm the guy who stole the chickens.Attorney: What ... Read more

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  • DisOrder in the Court

    31 Funny, Frivolous & Outrageous Lawsuits that Will Make You Laugh Out Loud

    by Quincy Oliver ...
    DisOrder in the Court: 31 Funny, Frivolous & Outrageous Lawsuits That Will Make You Laugh Out Loud! There is no doubt that some lawsuits must be litigated in court for a number of reasons. However, there are some lawsuits that probably should never see the light of day in a courtroom. Some are funny, some are frivolous and some are just plain outrageous, but they all beg the question: How did this ... Read more

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  • Constitutional Law and Precedent

    International Perspectives on Case-Based Reasoning

    Edited by Monika Florczak-Wątor ...
    This collection examines case-based reasoning in constitutional adjudication; that is, how courts decide on constitutional cases by referring to their own prior case law and the case law of other national, foreign, and international courts. Argumentation based on judicial authority is now fundamental to the resolution of constitutional disputes. At the same time, it is the most common form of ... Read more

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  • Notorious RBG

    The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    by Irin Carmon, Shana Knizhnik ...
    New York Times BestsellerFeatured in the critically acclaimed documentary RBG"It was beyond my wildest imagination that I would one day become the 'Notorious RBG." — Ruth Bader Ginsburg, 2019She was a fierce dissenter with a serious collar game. A legendary, self-described “flaming feminist litigator” who made the world more equal. And an intergenerational icon affectionately known as the Notor... ... Read more

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  • Calculation of Compensation and Damages in International Investment Law

    by Irmgard Marboe ...
    Series series Oxford International Arbitration Series
    Fully revised and updated from the successful first edition, this title analyses the practice of international courts and tribunals with regard to the valuation of investment claims against states, paying specific attention to the question of interest. This new edition incorporates new jurisprudence, updates existing cases, and includes a new section on immaterial damage. The new edition also ... Read more

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  • In Two Minds

    Shocking true stories of murder, justice and recovery from a forensic psychiatrist

    by Dr Sohom Das ...
    Shocking. Eye-opening. Grimly fascinating. These true stories from a Forensic Psychiatrist working in prisons, secure hospitals and criminal courts are perfect for true crime fans and readers of The Prison Doctor and The Dark Side of the Mind.As a forensic psychiatrist, it's Dr Das's job to treat and rehabilitate what the tabloids might call the 'criminally insane', many of whom assault, rob, rape ... Read more

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  • Treble Damages

    by David Elkind ...
    TREBLE DAMAGESA leading lawyer reaches the top of his profession through brilliance and ruthlessness, but faces ruin because of his fatal flaw. Jack Pressler's triumphs make him wealthy and enable him to control his law firm with an iron fist. His pitfall is that if anyone crosses him, he reacts with an uncontrolled fury.Jack's inner circle includes many memorable characters who enliven the book ... Read more

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  • When Companies Run the Courts

    How Forced Arbitration Became America's Secret Justice System

    by Brendan Ballou ...
    **The definitive exposé of forced arbitration, the secret justice system that protects abusers, employers, and powerful corporations“Ballou is one of our most insightful analysts of the modern American legal system. This careful study should be required reading.” —Simon Johnson, Nobel laureate and coauthor of Power and Progress**America has a hidden justice system. There, decisions are made in ... Read more

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  • Expert Witness

    The Weight of Our Testimony When Justice Hangs in the Balance

    by Ann Wolbert Burgess ...
    From the author of the critically-acclaimed true crime account, A Killer By Design (the inspiration behind Hulu's original docuseries, Mastermind), a groundbreaking look into the crucial role played by expert witnesses in the most high-profile criminal cases, based on Dr. Ann Burgess’ personal experiences within the criminal justice system.Written through Burgess’ singular lens of compassion and ... Read more

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  • 2024 Práctica Contenciosa para abogados

    Los casos más relevantes sobre litigación y arbitraje en 2023 de los grandes despachos

    by Antonio Pipó Malgosa, Antonio Hierro Hernández-Mora ...
    Práctica Contenciosa para abogados 2024 recoge los casos litigiosos más importantes del panorama judicial español en el 2023. Una auténtica colección que se ha perpetuado en el tiempo, fundamental para profesionales y para estudiantes de Derecho. Analiza los casos más relevantes y recientes en litigación, Civil, Mercantil y Contencioso-Administrativa y, por tanto, se analizan problemas reales ... Read more

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  • Commonwealth Caribbean Law and Legal Systems

    by Rose-Marie Belle Antoine ...
    Series series Commonwealth Caribbean Law
    Fully updated and revised to fit in with the new laws and structure in the Commonwealth Caribbean law and legal systems, this new edition examines the institutions, structures and processes of the law in the Commonwealth Caribbean.The author explores:- the court system and the new Caribbean Court of Justice which replaces appeals to the Privy Council- the offshore financial legal sector- Caribbean ... Read more

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  • Judges, Decision Making and Empathy

    Insights from the Bench

    by Mateusz Stępień, Ewa Wilczek-Rużyczka ...
    Series series Routledge Research in Legal Philosophy
    This book presents empirical research uncovering the views and experiences of Polish judges regarding the utilization of empathy in their work. Although there is growing interest in the role of empathy in judicial decision-making, there is little research on how judges themselves approach this issue. This volume offers an alternative to the usual focus on common law jurisdictions. It adopts a ... Read more

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  • Supermajorities in Constitutional Courts

    by Mauro Arturo Rivera León ...
    Constitutional adjudication is a subject of fascination for scholars. Judges may annul the will of a democratically elected Parliament in counter-majoritarian fashion. Although conceived as a remedy against majoritarianism, judges also decide cases by voting. Whether they do so through simple majorities or supermajorities is not trivial.The debate around supermajorities has awakened anew amidst ... Read more

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  • Compulsory Jurisdiction in International Law

    by Vanda Lamm ...
    The system of optional clause declarations is a unique regime of compulsory jurisdiction based on the two World Courts' Statutes. This timely book offers a wide-ranging academic survey of the developments of that system, the theoretical and procedural aspects of the unilateral declarations of acceptance and the reservations added to these declarations.The author critically examines those ... Read more

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  • Successful Prosecution of Intimate Violence

    Making it Offender-Focused

    by Bridget H. Ryan, Veronique N. Valliere ...
    Offender-focused prosecution concentrates attention to the actions, decisions, choices, and motivations of the offender. Crimes of intimate violence tend to compel investigators, prosecutors, and defense attorneys to fixate on the victim’s behavior to prove or disprove a case. Prosecutors can become helpless when faced with uncooperative victims, challenging facts, or attacks on the victims’ ... Read more

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  • Protect Your People

    How Ordinary Families Are Using Participatory Defense to Challenge Mass Incarceration

    by Raj Jayadev ...
    Shortlisted, 2025 Goddard Riverside Stephan Russo Book Prize for Social JusticeAn eye-opening look at “participatory defense,” the innovative practice that allows the loved ones of those charged with crimes to help influence the outcome of court cases, by the MacArthur Award–winning activistThe courthouse is an important part of every story of mass incarceration in America and, too often, it is a ... Read more

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  • Litigación y teoría de la prueba

    by José Bonet Navarro ...
    Series series Derecho - Biblioteca Universitaria de Editorial Tecnos
    La presente obra contiene materiales teóricos y prácticos para afrontar con rigor la resolución jurídica de los conflictos, la litigación y la prueba. Partiendo de sólidos aportes doctrinales, incorpora materiales útiles y originales fruto de la investigación científica. El libro primero afronta la evaluación de las opciones de tutela jurídica y preparación del proceso civil, esto es, las ... Read more

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  • Constitutionalizing Criminal Law

    by Colton Fehr ...
    Constitutionalizing Criminal Law calls for an overhaul of the way the Supreme Court of Canada has developed the relationship between criminal and constitutional law. After the adoption of the Charter of Rights, the court employed principles of criminal law theory when striking down criminal laws. More recently, it has invoked principles of instrumental rationality in doing so. In both cases, the ... Read more

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  • Decoding the Court: Legal Data Insights from the Supreme Court of Canada

    Edited by Carissima Mathen, Wolfgang Alschner, Vanessa MacDonnell ...
    This edited collection combines state-of-the-art legal data analytics with in-depth doctrinal analysis to study the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC), Canada’s top court. A data analytics perspective adds new dimensions to the study of courts and their case law. It renders legal analysis scalable, making it possible to investigate thousands of judicial decisions, adding new breadth and depth. It also ... Read more

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  • Code judiciaire

    Partie VII - La médiation

    by Various ...
    Ce livre présente le Code judiciaire, Partie VII, consacré à la médiation dans le cadre des codes fédéraux en droit belge. Il offre une compilation claire et accessible des dispositions légales régissant la médiation, facilitant ainsi la compréhension des procédures et des principes applicables. Destiné aux praticiens du droit, aux médiateurs et aux étudiants, cet ouvrage constitue un outil ... Read more

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  • The Alchemists

    Questioning our Faith in Courts as Democracy-Builders

    by Tom Gerald Daly ...
    Series Book 18 - Cambridge Studies in Constitutional Law
    Can courts really build democracy in a state emerging from authoritarian rule? This book presents a searching critique of the contemporary global model of democracy-building for post-authoritarian states, arguing that it places excessive reliance on courts. Since 1945, both constitutional courts and international human rights courts have been increasingly perceived as alchemists, capable of ... Read more

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  • Arbitration in China

    A Practitioner's Guide

    by Sun Wei ...
    Arbitration in China has been aligned with international norms since the enactment of the Arbitration Law in 1994. The purpose of this book is to assist practitioners by describing the law governing arbitration in China as it is currently applied to practice, both domestically and internationally, taking into account the regime's numerous features. Among the details affecting arbitration practice ... Read more

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  • African Customary Justice

    Living Law, Legal Pluralism, and Public Ethics

    by Pnina Werbner, Richard Werbner ...
    Series series Cultural Diversity and Law
    This book presents an important ethnographic and theoretical advance in legal anthropological scholarship by interrogating customary law, customary courts and legal pluralism in sub-Saharan Africa. It highlights the vitality and continued relevance of customary justice at a time when customary courts have waned or even disappeared in many postcolonial African nations.Taking Botswana as a casestudy ... Read more

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  • Constitutional Origin and Norm Creation in Colombia

    Discursive Institutionalism and the Empowerment of the Constitutional Court

    by Jan Boesten ...
    Series series Comparative Constitutional Change
    This book explains the growing empowerment of the Colombian Constitutional Court in the early years of the 21st century and develops the concept of the deliberative judge.Taking the case of the Colombian Constitutional Court and drawing on neoinstitutional theory to explain the relationship between political crisis and institutional reforms, the book challenges the notion of rational choice ... Read more

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