Court Rules category: 37 books
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Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
1999 saw the greatest revolution in civil practice and procedure for over 100 years with the introduction of the civil Procedure Rules and Practice Directions. Introduced as a result of Lord Woolf's report on the reform of the civil courts' Access to Justice, the new rules have revolutionized the...
We Dissent
Talking Back to the Rehnquist Court, Eight Cases That Subverted Civil Liberties and Civil Rights
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
The lawyers and legal commentators who contribute to We Dissent unanimously agree that during Chief Justice William Rehnquist’s nineteen-year tenure, the Supreme Court failed to adequately protect civil liberties and civil rights. This is evident in majority opinions written for numerous cases heard...
The Constrained Court
Law, Politics, and the Decisions Justices Make
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2011
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? The Constrained Court combines new theoretical insights and extensive data analysis to show that law and politics together shape the behavior...
Courting Justice
Ten New Jersey Cases That Shook the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2013
Since 1947 a modernized New Jersey Supreme Court has played an important and controversial role in the state, nation, and world. Its decisions in cutting-edge cases have confronted society’s toughest issues, reflecting changing social attitudes, modern life’s complexities, and new technologies.
Paul...
by David Beatty
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1995
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1995
David Beatty draws on more than twenty years' teaching experience to produce a comprehensive introduction to the basic rules in constitutional law, accessible to law and non-law students alike. He reviews the leading cases handed down by the Supreme Court of Canada and the Privy Council concerning...
by Robin Dridge
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2013
Chapter one sets the tone of a Legislative branch of elected idiots who have sold out honor and have done nothing to secure the laws they pass against the bias of the Judicial unelected few. The Judicial branch who kingly declares unconstitutional the work of hundreds of elected representatives. Nor...
Representing Yourself In Court (CAN)
How to Win Your Case on Your Own
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2018
Retaining and hiring a lawyer to deal with courts, claims, and minor disputes can be costly, and in certain circumstances, unnecessary. Clients dissatisfied with legal representation or eager to save money have turned to pro se, or self-representation, in increasing numbers. While some court cases...
Empirical Gap in Jurisprudence
A Comprehensive Study of the Supreme Court of Canada
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2007
In jurisprudential writing, single decisions are often held up as representative without any evidence to support their representative claims. In order to address this problem, Daved Muttart has made a systematic study encompassing every judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada between 1950 and 2003.
Examining...
Representing Yourself In Court (US)
How to Win Your Case on Your Own
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
Retaining and hiring a lawyer to deal with courts, claims, and minor disputes can be costly, and in certain circumstances, unnecessary. Clients dissatisfied with legal representation or eager to save money have turned to pro se, or selfrepresentation, in increasing numbers. While some court cases...
Forensic Science in Court
Challenges in the Twenty First Century
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2010
Forensic Science in Court explores the legal implications of forensic science—an increasingly important and complex part of the justice system. Judge Donald Shelton provides an accessible overview of the legal aissues, from the history of evidence in court, to "gatekeeper" judges determining...
by US GOVERNMENT
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2018
This book was revised on November 10,2019. According to the US Courts rules the contents will be completely up to date at least until November 1, 2019.
Chasing Gideon
The Elusive Quest for Poor People's Justice
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 2010
The Washington Post reporter delivers a groundbreaking investigation into the nation’s crisis of indigent defense—“a hugely important book” (New York Law Journal).
A Nieman Report’s Top Ten Investigative Journalism Books of 2013
First published to mark the fiftieth anniversary...
Essays on Private Law
Foreign Law and Foreign Judgments
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1966
This book contains a series of essays on conflict laws, including jurisdiction of the courts, choice of law, renvoi, property, recognition of family status, and recognition of foreign corporations. It is not a text-book, but an analysis and criticism of existing principles with recommendations for...
Rulemaking by the European Commission
The New System for Delegation of Powers
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
The last few years have seen major reforms to the delegation of powers and post-delegation supervision of the European Commission. In light of these reforms, Rulemaking by the European Commission: The New System for Delegation of Powers assesses whether the new system has really affected the old doctrine...