Criminal Procedure category: 558 books

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Ignorance of Law

A Philosophical Inquiry

by Douglas Husak
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2016

This book argues that ignorance of law should usually be a complete excuse from criminal liability. It defends this conclusion by invoking two presumptions: first, the content of criminal law should conform to morality; second, mistakes of fact and mistakes of law should be treated symmetrically....
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by John Cannon
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2019

I wrote this book to help clients and their families facing criminal charges at every level of the justice system, particularly in Oklahoma. The book addresses the most common questions and concerns my Firm and other criminal defense Firms are asked, or should be asked, by every client that walks...
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Social Justice, Criminal Justice

The Role of American Law in Effecting and Preventing Social Change

by Cyndy Caravelis, Matthew Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015

Social Justice, Criminal Justice is a thought-provoking examination of the U.S. legal system, focusing on how criminal justice and social justice are related. The book provides a solid foundation of key philosophical and theoretical issues and goes on to examine the function of the law as it relates...
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Distributive Principles of Criminal Law

Who Should be Punished How Much

by Paul H Robinson
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2008

The rules governing who will be punished and how much determine a society's success in two of its most fundamental functions: doing justice and protecting citizens from crime. Drawing from the existing theoretical literature and adding to it recent insights from the social sciences, Paul Robinson...
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by James Daily, Ryan Davidson
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2012

An intriguing and entertaining look at how America’s legal system would work using the world of comic books. The dynamic duo behind the popular website LawAndTheMultiverse.com breaks down even the most advanced legal concepts for every self-proclaimed nerd. James Daily and Ryan Davidson—attorneys...
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Manifest Injustice

The True Story of a Convicted Murderer and the Lawyers Who Fought for His Freedom

by Barry Siegel
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2013

In this remarkable legal page-turner, Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist Barry Siegel recounts the dramatic, decades-long saga of Bill Macumber, imprisoned for thirty-eight years for a double homicide he denies committing. In the spring of 1962, a school bus full of students stumbled across a mysterious...
Cover of Harvard Law Review: Volume 126, Number 5 - March 2013
by Harvard Law Review
Language: English
Release Date: December 24, 2013

The Harvard Law Review is offered in a digital edition, featuring active Contents, linked notes, and proper ebook formatting. The contents of Issue 5, March 2013, include: Article, "Multistage Adjudication," by Louis Kaplow Book Review, "Humanizing the Criminal Justice Machine:...
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The Prohibition Era and Policing

A Legacy of Misregulation

by Wesley M. Oliver
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2018

Legal precedents created during Prohibition have lingered, leaving search-and-seizure law much better defined than limits on police use of force, interrogation practices, or eyewitness identification protocols. An unlawful trunk search is thus guarded against more thoroughly than an unnecessary shooting...
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by Richard Card, Jack English
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2013

Now in its thirteenth edition, this well-respected and highly regarded book covers all areas of law and legal procedure which are of interest to police officers. Updated to include new legislation such as the Police Reform and Social Responsibility Act 2011, the Protection of Freedom Act 2012, the Coroners...
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by Paolo D'Agostino, RICCARDO SALOMONE (a cura di)
Language: Italian
Release Date: May 25, 2011

Il volume vede la sua alba in un momento di grande fermento in campo ambientale: solamente pochi mesi prima della sua pubblicazione, entrano in vigore tre fondamentali decreti correttivi (d.l. n. 128 del 29 giugno 2010, d.l. n. 205 del 3 dicembre 2010, d.l. n. 219 del 10 dicembre 2010), incidenti...
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by Professor J R Spencer
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016

This is the third edition of J R Spencer's now well established book which seeks to explain this area of law for the benefit of judges, criminal practitioners and academics teaching the law of evidence. In the past, the rule excluding evidence of the defendant's general bad character and disposition...
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Arrested

Battling America's Criminal Justice System

by Dan Conaway, Esquire
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1900

Learn how to protect yourself from the American criminal justice system. And why you need to! Practicing criminal defense attorney Dan Conaway has written Arrested to help us all understand our rights and responsibilities in the country we live in. “The Beast”—as he refers to our criminal justice...
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by Stacy Ramdhan, Lisa Bissessar
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2011

Project Report from the year 2010 in the subject Law - Criminal process, Criminology, Law Enforcement, grade: A, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine (-), language: English, abstract: The term recidivism falls under the umbrella of Criminology, which 'embraces environmental, hereditary...
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Entryways to Criminal Justice

Accusation and Criminalization in Canada

by Dale A. Ballucci, Martin A. French, Aaron Henry
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2019

How do societies decide whom to criminalize? What does it mean to accuse someone of being an offender? Entryways to Criminal Justice analyzes the thresholds that distinguish law-abiding individuals from those who may be criminalized. Contributors to the volume adopt social, historical, cultural, and...
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