Courts category: 288 books
by Nigel Blackaby, Constantine Partasides QC, Alan Redfern
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
This leading commentary on international commercial arbitration, now in its sixth edition, is an essential guide for arbitrators, lawyers, and students. Based on the authors' extensive experience as counsel and arbitrators, it provides an updated explanation of all elements of the law and practice...
Supreme Democracy
The End of Elitism in Supreme Court Nominations
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2017
In the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Supreme Court nominations were driven by presidents, senators, and some legal community elites. Many nominations were quick processes with little Senate deliberation, minimal publicity and almost no public involvement. Today, however, confirmation takes...
Rebooting Justice
More Technology, Fewer Lawyers, and the Future of Law
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2017
America is a nation founded on justice and the rule of law. But our laws are too complex, and legal advice too expensive, for poor and even middle-class Americans to get help and vindicate their rights. Criminal defendants facing jail time may receive an appointed lawyer who is juggling hundreds of...
by New England Law Review
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2014
The New England Law Review now offers its issues in convenient and modern ebook formats for e-reader devices, apps, pads, smartphones, and computers. This third issue of Volume 48, Spring 2014, contains articles and presentations from leading figures of the academy and the legal community. Contents...
by Judge Philip Straniere
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2013
Real advice you can trust and use in small claims court
When every other method to collect has failed, a small claim is the right remedy to seek. If you're looking at either prosecuting or defending in a small claims court, with or without an attorney, the information presented in Filing &...
by Ralph Warner, Attorney, Editors of Nolo
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2018
Win your small claims case!
You don't need a lawyer to win in small claims court. You need to know how to prepare and present your own case. Smart preparation for your day in court can make the difference between receiving a check and writing one.
Everybody's Guide to Small Claims Court...
by Thomas M. Keck
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2014
When the Supreme Court upheld the Affordable Care Act, some saw the decision as a textbook example of neutral judicial decision making, noting that a Republican Chief Justice joined the Court’s Democratic appointees to uphold most provisions of the ACA. Others characterized the decision as the latest...
Morality Imposed
The Rehnquist Court and the State of Liberty in America
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2000
We like to think of judges and justices as making decisions based on the facts and the law. But to what extent do jurists decide cases in accordance with their own preexisting philosophy of law, and what specific ideological assumptions account for their decisions?
Stephen E. Gottlieb adopts a unique...
Freedom of Speech
Importing European and US Constitutional Models in Transitional Democracies
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013
This book considers the issue of free speech in transitional democracies focusing on the socio-legal developments in the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland. In showing how these Central and Eastern European countries have engaged with free speech models imported from the Council of Europe / EU and...
Courting Peril
The Political Transformation of the American Judiciary
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
The rule of law paradigm has long operated on the premise that independent judges disregard extralegal influences and impartially uphold the law. A political transformation several generations in the making, however, has imperiled this premise. Social science learning, the lessons of which have been...
by Yvonne McDermott
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
With the acceptance of international criminal procedure as a self-sustaining discipline and as the tribunals established to try the most serious crimes in the former Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone, and Rwanda have completed or are beginning to wind up their activities, the time is ripe for a critical evaluation...
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...
The Supreme Court of Florida
A Journey toward Justice, 1972-1987
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
“A fascinating judicial study. The importance of the modern high court’s docket is so thoroughly and expertly chronicled in this book: reapportionment, courtroom cameras, personal injury, family law, environmental law, capital punishment, criminal justice, and equal justice under law.”—Thomas...
by Paul Adams, Natasha Affolder, Andrea C. Akelaitis
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2019
Canadian environmental law is a dynamic and exciting area that is playing an increasingly important role in furthering sustainable development policy. Environmental law has distinctive relevant principles, operating procedures, implications, and importance in comparison with other areas of law, and...