Courts category: 288 books
Terms of Engagement
How Our Courts Should Enforce the Constitution's Promise of Limited Government
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
The Constitution was designed to limit government power and protect individuals from the tyranny of majorities and interest-group politics. But those protections are meaningless without judges who are fully committed to enforcing them, and America’s judges have largely abdicated that responsibility....
The Courts, the Ballot Box, and Gay Rights
How Our Governing Institutions Shape the Same-Sex Marriage Debate
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
If the same-sex marriage debate tells us one thing, it's that rights do not exist in a vacuum. What works for one side at the ballot box often fails in the courtroom. Conservative opponents of same-sex marriage used appeals to religious liberty and parental rights to win ballot measure campaigns,...
by Justin-Chad:Breithaupt
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2017
This book contains a detailed list of all the laws given by God in the Old and New Testaments of the Bible for the Christianitatis Curia / Christian Courts found at http://christianitatiscuria.com/ . This is a very serious undertaking, and therefore I have released this first draft, so that others...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 28, 2016
This book brings together an international group of experts to present cutting-edge psychological research on crime, policing and courts. With contributors from the UK, Germany, Italy, Norway, Cyprus, Israel, Canada and the USA, this volume explores some of the most interesting and contemporary areas...
by Cameron A. Miles
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2017
Since the decision of the International Court of Justice in LaGrand (Germany v United States of America), the law of provisional measures has expanded dramatically both in terms of the volume of relevant decisions and the complexity of their reasoning. Provisional Measures before International Courts...
Beyond High Courts
The Justice Complex in Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2019
Beyond High Courts: The Justice Complex in Latin America is a much-needed volume that will make a significant contribution to the growing fields of comparative law and politics and Latin American legal institutions. The book moves these research agendas beyond the study of high courts by offering...
Courting Failure
How Competition for Big Cases Is Corrupting the Bankruptcy Courts
Language: English
Release Date: June 2, 2010
LoPucki's provocative critique of Chapter 11 is required reading for everyone who cares about bankruptcy reform. This empirical account of large Chapter 11 cases will trigger intense debate both inside the academy and on the floor of Congress. Confronting LoPucki's controversial thesis-that competition...
Dumbing Down the Courts
How Politics Keeps the Smartest Judges Off the Bench
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2013
Judges have enormous power. They determine whom we can marry, whether we can own firearms, whether the government can mandate that we buy certain products, and how we define “personhood.” But who gets to occupy these powerful positions? Up until now, there has been little systematic study of what...
by Arman Sarvarian
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2013
Over the past twenty years, the volume of international litigation and arbitration has increased exponentially. As the number of new international courts and tribunals has proliferated, the diversity and volume of advocates appearing before the international courts has also increased. With this increase,...
Judging Law and Policy
Courts and Policymaking in the American Political System
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2012
To what extent do courts make social and public policy and influence policy change? This innovative text analyzes this question generally and in seven distinct policy areas that play out in both federal and state courts—tax policy, environmental policy, reproductive rights, sex equality, affirmative...
Lawfare
Judging Politics in South Africa
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
What happens when South Africa’s tumultuous political life becomes entangled in the courts of law?
Throughout the past 50 years, the courts have been a battleground for contesting political forces as more and more conflicts that were once fought in Parliament or in streets, or through strikes...
The Judiciary in Iraq
The Path to an Independent Judiciary and Modern Court System
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
After simmering in the background through the nineties, Iraq burst into the awareness of many when it became a battleground against the war on terror under the Bush administration. Few realize that in the midst of the fierce policy battles, one partially implemented state-building exercise took root,...
by Daniel J. Baum
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2014
This book explains our right to freedom of expression, its limits, and how Canadian courts draw the line.
Freedom of expression is a fundamental right protected by the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which is part of the Constitution of Canada and, as such, the highest law of the land. But...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
In the past century, Asian nations have experienced a wave of democratisation as countries in the region have gained independence or transitioned from authoritarian military rule towards more participatory politics. At the same time, there has been an expansion of judicial power in Asia, whereby new...