Oral Arguments Before the Supreme Court: An Empirical Approach (American Psychology Law Society)
By Lawrence Wrightsman
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Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages:208
Publication Date:2008-04-16
ISBN-10 / ASIN:0195368622
ISBN-13 / EAN:9780195368628
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Product Description:
Of all the steps in the Supreme Court's decision-making process, only one is visible to the public: the oral arguments. By carefully analyzing transcripts of all the oral arguments available to the public, Professor Wrightsman provides empirical answers to a number of questions about the operation of oral arguments. This book provides a model for understanding the dynamics of judicial decision making from an empirical perspective.
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Crime Scene to Court: The Essentials of Forensic Science
By Peter C. White
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Publisher:Royal Society of Chemistry
Number Of Pages:470
Publication Date:2004-08-18
ISBN-10 / ASIN:0854046569
ISBN-13 / EAN:9780854046560
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Product Description:
Forensic science has been variously described as fascinating, challenging and even frightening. If you have only a vague concept of what forensic science is, this book will provide the answer. Aimed at non-scientists, or those with limited scientific knowledge, Crime Scene to Court covers all three main areas of an investigation where forensic science is practised, namely the scene of the crime, the forensic laboratory and the court.
Coverage includes details of how crime scene and forensic examinations are conducted in the United Kingdom, the principles of crime scene investigations and the importance of this work in an investigation, and courtroom procedures and the role of the expert witness. The latest methods and techniques used in crime scene investigation and forensic laboratories are reported, cases are presented to illustrate why and how examinations are performed to generate forensic evidence and there is a bibliography for each chapter which provides further material for those readers wishing to delve deeper into the subject. This revised and updated edition also includes coverage on changes in professional requirements, the latest developments in DNA testing and two new chapters on computer based crimes and Blood Pattern Analysis.
Ideal for those studying forensic science or law, the book is intended primarily for teaching and training purposes. However, anyone with a role in an investigation, for example police, crime scene investigators or indeed those called for jury service, will find this text an excellent source of information.
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Juvenile Court: A Guide for Young Adults and Their Parents
By Leora Krygier
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Publisher:The Scarecrow Press, Inc.
Number Of Pages:181
Publication Date:2008-12-28
ISBN-10 / ASIN:0810861275
ISBN-13 / EAN:9780810861275
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Product Description:
Each year, millions of teens are cited for various offenses, ranging from traffic violations to criminal trespassing. Regardless of the offense, the majority of these young people arrive in court for the first time, usually unfamiliar with the judicial process and unprepared to stand before a judge.
In this no-holds-barred guide, Leora Krygier, a judge for almost 20 years, provides teens with important information about how to prepare for a court appearance. Krygier addresses the most common types of offenses committed by young people and helps decipher their citations. This instructive guide gives teens and their parents an overview of the juvenile court justice system, then takes the reader through the entire process--from the moment a citation is written, to arraignment, possible trial, and disposition of their case.
Drawing on examples, stories, and excerpts from actual letters and essays written by teens, Juvenile Court: A Judge's Guide for Young Adults and Their Parents de-mystifies the judicial process and help teens get back on the right track. The book also offers no-nonsense tips aimed to help teens avoid future citations.
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Debating the Death Penalty: Should America Have Capital Punishment? The Experts on Both Sides Make Their Best Case
By Hugo Adam Bedau, Paul G. Cassell
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Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Number Of Pages:256
Publication Date:2004-02-05
ISBN-10 / ASIN:0195169832
ISBN-13 / EAN:9780195169836
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Product Description:
When news breaks that a convicted murderer, released from prison, has killed again, or that an innocent person has escaped the death chamber in light of new DNA evidence, arguments about capital punishment inevitably heat up. Few controversies continue to stir as much emotion as this one, and public confusion is often the result.
This volume brings together seven experts--judges, lawyers, prosecutors, and philosophers--to debate the death penalty in a spirit of open inquiry and civil discussion. Here, as the contributors present their reasons for or against capital punishment, the multiple facets of the issue are revealed in clear and thought-provoking detail. Is the death penalty a viable deterrent to future crimes? Does the imposition of lesser penalties, such as life imprisonment, truly serve justice in cases of the worst offences? Does the legal system discriminate against poor or minority defendants? Is the possibility of executing innocent persons sufficient grounds for abolition?
In confronting such questions and making their arguments, the contributors marshal an impressive array of evidence, both statistical and from their own experiences working on death penalty cases. The book also includes the text of Governor George Ryan's March 2002 speech in which he explained why he had commuted the sentences of all prisoners on Illinois's death row.
By representing the viewpoints of experts who face the vexing questions about capital punishment on a daily basis, Debating the Death Penalty makes a vital contribution to a more nuanced understanding of the moral and legal problems underlying this controversy.
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Employment Rights: A Reference Handbook
By Richard W. Painter, Keith Puttick
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Publisher:Pluto Press
Number Of Pages:456
Publication Date:1998-09-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN:0745313191
ISBN-13 / EAN:9780745313191
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Product Description:
This reference book is written specifically for everyone requiring reliable, accessible and up-to-date information on labour law - in particular those outside the legal profession. Its coverage is comprehensive and includes: recruitment and selection; contracts and wages; discrimination; unfair dismissal and redundancy; health and safety; and trade union rights. This edition is revised to include expanded coverage of developments around the EU Social Chapter and the European Convention of Human Rights; the Disability Discriminiation Act 1995; the Employment Rights Act 1996; and the Industrial Tribunal Act 1996. In addition, the book covers in-work State benefits and out-of-work State benefits.
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Ethics and Law of Intellectual Property (Applied Legal Philosophy)
By Christian Lenk, Nils Hoppe and Roberto Andorno
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Publisher:Ashgate
Number Of Pages:306
Publication Date:2007-11-16
ISBN-10 / ASIN:0754626989
ISBN-13 / EAN:9780754626985
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Product Description:
This book gives an overview of current topics in law and ethics in relation to intellectual property. It addresses practical issues encountered in everyday situations in politics, research and innovation, as well as some of the underlying theoretical concepts. In addition, it provides an insight into the process of international policy-making, showing the current problems in the area of intellectual property in science and research, highlighting changes in the fundamental understanding of common and private property and the possible implications and challenges for society and politics.
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Ethics, Law and Society
By Jennifer Gunning and Soren Holm
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Number Of Pages:334
Publication Date:2007-12-21
ISBN-10 / ASIN:0754671801
ISBN-13 / EAN:9780754671800
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Product Description:
Presents a selection of papers and commentaries on topics in bioethics, ethics and society, and business and professional ethics. Multidisciplinary in approach, this work is suitable for those concerned with contemporary ethical issues.
The third volume in a series exploring key issues in ethics, law and society, published in association with the Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law and Society.
This work presents a selection of papers and commentaries on topics in bioethics, ethics and society, and business and professional ethics. Multidisciplinary in approach, the work will be a valuable resource for all those concerned with contemporary ethical issues.
Contents: Introduction, S鴕en Holm and Jennifer Gunning; Part I Bioethics: On waving the embryos banner. Embryonic stem cell research and moral reasoning in recent reports from the USA, the Netherlands and France, Wybo Dondorp and Guido de Wert; Bioethics, procedural ethics, and misrepresentation in the stem cell debate, Benjamin Capps; Ethical, legal and social issues related to cell therapy, Carlos M. Romeo-Casabona; Boy or girl: should parents be allowed to choose the sex of their children?, Edgar Dahl; Bad science equals poor, not necessarily bad, ethics, David Hunter. Part II Ethics and Society: Dignity and older Europeans, Win Tadd; Guidelines for embryo donation for reproductive purposes in New Zealand: a child/family approach, Ken Daniels; Assisted reproduction and the welfare of the child, Sheila McLean; Body immortal, Judit Sándor; Masculinity, reproductivity and law, Michael Thomson; Being natural: an exploration of the natural in the writings of Hans Christian Andersen, S鴕en Holm. Part III Business and Professional Ethics: Genes for sale: ethical reflections on donors' proprietary rights in human genetic derivatives, Taiwo A. Oriola; 4x4s cars and the city: what are the limits of vehicle manufacturer responsibility?, Peter Wells; From 'Jim Crow' to 'John Doe': reparations, corporate liability and the limits of private law, James Davey; A crisis of professional self-regulation: the example of the solicitors' profession, Mark Davies. Part IV Commentaries: The national DNA database: why no public debate?, Mairi Levitt; Can the cell nuclear replacement technique be used to overcome genetic disease?, Natasha Hammond; The human condition and the pursuit of perfection in human reproduction, Jennifer Gunning; Drug testing and the use of healthy volunteers, Sam Salek; The Assisted Dying Bill: 'death tourism' and European law, John Coggon and S鴕en Holm; Could do better? Hegemony and freedom in cyberspace, Ian Kenway; Treatment in time of sudden infectious pandemic: the need for a proactive, practical, proportionate, prophylactic; ethical response to the threat of pandemic influenza, Stephen Pattison and H. Martyn Evans; Toy stories, horror stories and fairy tales, Stephen Hogan; Herceptin in the adjuvant treatment of breast cancer, Daniela D. Rosa and Gordon C. Jayson; End of life decision-making: the implications of the Court of Appeal decision in Burke v General Medical Council, Phil Fennell; Does nanotechnology require a new 'nanoethics'?, S鴕en Holm; Medically assisted procreation in Italy: the referendum and the Roman Catholic Church, Norman Doe, Javier Oliva and Cristiana Cianitto; From fridge mountains to food mountains? Tackling the UK food waste problem, Samarthia Thankappan; A gain for autonomy and reproductive choice: the issue of 'saviour siblings' resolved, Jennifer Gunning; Human rights and gypsies: it is time for a rethink, Luke Clements; Forgetting to be nice: the National Institute for Clinical Excellence's preliminary recommendations concerning drugs for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease, S鴕en Holm; Index.
About the Editor: Dr Jennifer Gunning is Senior Research Fellow and Coordinator of the Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law and Society, Cardiff University, UK. She was the Coordinator of the EC BiomedicaI Project, Therapeutic Research in Assisted Conception and was a member of the Human Embryo and Fetus Working Group of the European Commission. Soren Holm is Chair of Bioethics at Cardiff University, and Director of the Cardiff Centre for Ethics, Law and Society. Both have published widely on issues relating to bioethics.
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Psychology and Law (Psychology, Crime and Law)
By David Canter and Rita ukauskiene
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Publisher:Ashgate
Number Of Pages:276
Publication Date:2008-03-27
ISBN-10 / ASIN:0754626563
ISBN-13 / EAN:9780754626565
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This important book captures contemporary attempts to build bridges between the two very different disciplines of law and psychology, and establish the true nature of the interaction between the two. It is unusual both in including contributions from lawyers, psychologists, sociologists and criminologists as well as in the very diverse range of jurisdictions from which they come, including the USA, Europe and Australia. The book sets out to bridge the inherent gap between the practice of law and the profession of psychology at an international level. The authors show that bridges are needed for the many different contexts in which the law interacts with psychology. They throw light on how psychology connects with, inter alia, the courts, prisons, community care, clinics, long-stay hospitals, police investigations and legislative bodies. This allows coverage of well established areas such as the study of and challenges to eyewitness testimony, and the nature of Psychopathy for example. More recent contributions of social science to legal proceedings are also covered, such as the liability that arises from not preventing crimes happening or the systematic prediction of likely violence by an offender. The book will be essential reading not only for academics and professionals in psychology, the law, and related disciplines, wishing to understand the broadening base of psychology within the legal process but also for students trying to form an understanding of the emerging science and the associated career opportunities for this exciting field.
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The American Choice-of-Law Revolution in the Courts: Past, Present and Future (The Hague Academy of International Law Monographs)
By Symeonides, C.
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Publisher:Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Number Of Pages:478
Publication Date:2006-09-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN:9004152199
ISBN-13 / EAN:9789004152199
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Product Description:
This book is an updated and expanded version of the General Course delivered by the author at the Hague Academy of International Law in 2002. The book chronicles and evaluates the intellectual movement known as "the revolution" in American private international law. This movement began in the 1960s, caught fire in the '70s, spread in the '80s and declared victory in the '90s, leading to the abandonment of the centuries-old choice-of-law system, at least for torts and contracts. This book:
explores the revolution's philosophical and methodological underpinnings;
provides the most comprehensive and systematic analysis of court decisions following the revolution;
identifies the revolution's successes and failures; and
proposes ways and means (including a new breed of "smart" choice-of-law rules) to turn the revolution's victory into success.
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Contemporary Perspectives on Natural Law
By Ana Marta Gonz谩lez
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Publisher:Ashgate
Number Of Pages:334
Publication Date:2008-04-23
ISBN-10 / ASIN:0754660540
ISBN-13 / EAN:9780754660545
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Product Description:
Resort to natural law is one way of conveying the philosophical conviction that moral norms are not merely conventional rules. Accordingly, the notion of natural law has a clear metaphysical dimension, since it involves the recognition that human beings do not conceive themselves as sheer products of society and history. And yet, if natural law is to be considered the fundamental law of practical reason, it must show also some intrinsic relationship to history and positive law.The essays in this book examine this tension between the metaphysical and the practical and how the philosophical elaboration of natural law presents this notion as a "limiting-concept", between metaphysics and ethics, between the mutable and the immutable; between is and ought, and, in connection with the latter, even the tension between politics and eschatology as a double horizon of ethics.This book, contributed to by scholars from Europe and America, is a major contribution to the renewed interest in natural law. It provides the reader with a comprehensive overview of natural law, both from a historical and a systematic point of view. It ranges from the mediaeval synthesis of Aquinas through the early modern elaborations of natural law, up to current discussions on the very possibility and practical relevance of natural law theory for the contemporary mind.
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Internet Child Pornography and the Law
By Yaman Akdeniz
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Publisher:Ashgate
Number Of Pages:326
Publication Date:2008-05
ISBN-10 / ASIN:0754622975
ISBN-13 / EAN:9780754622970
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Product Description:
This book sets out to provide a critical assessment of the problem of Internet child pornography and its governance through legal and non-legal means, including a comparative assessment of laws in England and Wales, the United States of America and Canada in recognition that governments have a compelling interest to protect children from sexual abuse and exploitation. The Internet raises novel and complex challenges to existing regulatory regimes. Efforts towards legal harmonization at the European Union, Council of Europe, and United Nations level are examined in this context and the utility of additional and alternative methods of regulation explored. This book argues that effective implementation, enforcement and harmonization of laws could substantially help to reduce the availability and dissemination of child pornography on the Internet. At the same time, panic-led policies must be avoided if the wider problems of child sexual abuse and commercial sexual exploitation are to be meaningfully addressed.
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The Founding Fathers, Pop Culture, and Constitutional Law (Law, Justice and Power)
By Susan Burgess
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Publisher:Ashgate
Number Of Pages:154
Publication Date:2008-04-17
ISBN-10 / ASIN:075467245X
ISBN-13 / EAN:9780754672456
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Product Description:
Applying innovative interpretive strategies drawn from cultural studies, this book considers the perennial question of law and politics: what role do the founding fathers play in legitimizing contemporary judicial review? Rather than promulgating further theories that attempt to legitimize either judicial activism or restraint, this work uses narrative analysis, popular culture, parody, and queer theory to better understand and to reconstitute the traditional relationship between fatherhood and judicial review. Unlike traditional, top-down public law analyses that focus on elite decision making by courts, legislatures, or executives, this volume explores the representation of law and legitimacy in various sites of popular culture. To this end, soap operas, romance novels, tabloid newspapers, reality television, and coming out narratives provide alternative ways to understand the relationship between paternal power and law from the bottom upIn this manner, constitutional discourse can begin to be transformed from a dreary parsing of scholarly and juristic argot into a vibrant discussion with points of access and understanding for all.
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European Fair Trading Law: The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive (Markets and the Law)
By Thomas Wilhelmsson
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Publisher:Ashgate Publishing
Number Of Pages:295
Publication Date:2006-11-18
ISBN-10 / ASIN:0754645894
ISBN-13 / EAN:9780754645894
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Product Description:
The Unfair Commercial Practices Directive is the most important directive in the field of trade practices to have emerged from the EC, but it builds upon European activity which has sought to regulate trade practices on both a sectoral and horizontal level. It is an umbrella provision, which uses general clauses to protect consumers. How effective this approach is and how it relates the existing acquis are fundamental issues for debate. This work provides a critical appraisal of the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive linking discussion of it to general debates about how fair trading should be regulated. It explains how the Directive fits into the existing acquis. It also examines national traditions where these are necessary to explain the European approach, as in the case of general clauses. The book will be a valuable tool for any student of consumer law seeking to understand the thinking behind the directive and how it will affect national laws. It will also influence policy makers by suggesting how the directive should be interpreted and what policy lies behind its formulation. Businesses and their advisers will use the book as a means of understanding the new regulatory climate post-the directive.
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The International Law of Responsibility for Economic Crimes: Holding State Officials Individually Liable for Acts of Fraudulent Enrichment
By Ndiva Kofele-Kale
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Publisher:Ashgate Publishing
Number Of Pages:411
Publication Date:2006-09
ISBN-10 / ASIN:0754647579
ISBN-13 / EAN:9780754647577
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Focusing on the problem of indigenous spoilation in developing countries, this work explores the controversial issue of spoilation by national officials of the wealth of the states of which they are custodians. Due to constraints of the state system and the lack of appropriate substantive municipal law, efforts to punish those responsible for the economic rape of entire nations and to recover spoilated funds have been frustrated and rendered insubstantial. Taking a multidisciplinary approach and on the basis of data generated from empirical, cross-national research, this study makes the case for indigenous spoilation as a violation of international law. Substantially revised and updated to take account of recent legal and political developments, the second edition will be a valuable resource for academics, practitioners, NGOs, and policymakers.
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The Humanization of International Law (Hague Academy of International Law Monographs, 3)
By Theodor Meron
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Publisher:Brill Academic Publishers
Number Of Pages:568
Publication Date:2006-06-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN:9004150609
ISBN-13 / EAN:9789004150607
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Product Description:
This work aims to consider the influence of human rights and humanitarian law on general international law: the humanization of international law. Although human rights and humanitarian norms are central to the book, it is not a book about human rights and humanitarian law. Rather, it deals with the radiation, or the reforming effect, that human rights and humanitarian law have had on other fields of public international law. Because of the peculiarities of human rights law, this influence cannot be taken for granted. It is sometimes said that the elaboration of human rights norms and institutions has produced no less than a revolution in the system of international law. Is this true and if so in which parts of international law? By examining most areas of public international law, the author attempts to demonstrate that the influence of human rights and humanitarian norms has not remained confined to one sector of international law, but that its influence has spread to many parts, albeit to varying degrees.
The Humanization of International Law is a revised and expanded version of the General Course on Public International Law delivered by the author at the Hague Academy of International Law in 2003.
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The Divine Feudal Law (Natural Law Cloth)
By SAMUEL PUFENDORF
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Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc.
Number Of Pages: 265
Publication Date: 2002-10-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0865973725
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780865973725
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Based on his theory of natural law, Pufendorf denounces the Revocation as an illegitimate and tyrannical act and advocates toleration. 'The Divine Feudal Law' can be seen as a complement to the treatise on toleration . Pufendorf attempts to demonstrate in 'The Divine Feudal Law' that union of Lutherans and Calvinists is possible on the basis of a theological system containing the fundamental articles necessary for salvation. In contrast, reconciliation between Protestants and Catholics is declared to be impossible. Simone Zurburchen in the Introduction. Originally published posthumously in 1695, The Divine Feudal Law sets forth Pufendorf's basis for the reunion of the Lutheran and Calvinist confessions. This attempt to seek a "conciliation" between the confessions complements the concept of toleration discussed in Of the Nature and Qualification of Religion. In both, Pufendorf examines how to secure the peaceful coexistence of different confessions in a state. Features an introduction, selected bibliography, notes and index.
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Win Your Lawsuit: A Judge's Guide to Representing Yourself in California Superior Court
By Roderic Duncan
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Publisher:NOLO
Number Of Pages:372
Publication Date:2005-10-30
ISBN-10 / ASIN:1413303676
ISBN-13 / EAN:9781413303674
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Represent yourself in California Superior Court for a case worth up to $25,000!
Some cases are too big for small claims court and too small to interest a lawyer. But Win Your Lawsuit takes you step by step through the entire process of a limited jurisdiction case in California Superior Court.
Take on common types of civil court cases worth up to $25,000, including:
*contract disputes
*personal injuries
*property damage cases
*business disputes
Whether you're bringing the suit or defending against one, this plain-English legal guide shows you how to prepare a complaint, file and serve papers, participate in settlement negotiations, present a case and much more. All the forms you need are included.
Written by Roderic Duncan, a retired California Superior Court judge, this book includes the legal insight and practical tips that only a judge with over 25 years of experience can provide.
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A Concise Guide to Clinical Trials
By Allan Hackshaw
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Publisher:BMJ Books
Number Of Pages:224
Publication Date:2009-05-04
ISBN-10 / ASIN:1405167742
ISBN-13 / EAN:9781405167741
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Product Description:
Clinical trials have revolutionized the way disease is prevented, detected and treated, and early death avoided, and they continue to be an expanding area of research. They are central to the work of pharmaceutical companies, and there are many academic and public sector organizations that conduct trials on a wide variety of interventions, including drugs, devices, surgical techniques, and changes in behaviour and lifestyle.
A Concise Guide to Clinical Trials provides a comprehensive yet easy-to-read overview of the design, conduct and analysis of trials. It requires no prior knowledge on the subject as the important concepts are introduced throughout. There are chapters that distinguish between the different types of trials, and an introduction to systematic reviews, health-related quality of life and health economic evaluation. The book also covers the ethical and legal requirements in setting up a clinical trial due to an increase in governance responsibilities and regulations.
This practical guidebook is ideal for busy clinicians and other health professionals who do not have enough time to attend courses or search through extensive textbooks. It will help anyone involved in undertaking clinical research, or those reading about trials. The book is aimed at:
Those wishing to learn about clinical trials for the first time, or as a quick reference guide, for example as part of a taught course on clinical trials Health professionals who wish to conduct their own trials, or participate in other people’s studies People who work in pharmaceutical companies, grant funding organisations, or regulatory agencies http://ifile.it/1srb9lx
Judging Executive Power: Sixteen Supreme Court Cases That Have Shaped the American Presidency
By Richard J. Ellis
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Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Number Of Pages:231
Publication Date:2009-02-28
ISBN-10 / ASIN:0742565130
ISBN-13 / EAN:9780742565135
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"Ellis has compiled landmark court cases that deal with the Executive Power. His introduction to each case provide the context students need to understand their relevance, and his careful editing makes the cases accessible to students without legal training. A perfect supplementary text to bring the public law approach to undergraduate presidency courses.
"—Richard M. Pious, Adolph and Effie Ochs Professor, Barnard College, Columbia University
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George W. Bush's presidency has helped accelerate a renewed interest in the legal or formal bases of presidential power. It is now abundantly clear that presidential power is more than the sum of bargaining, character, and rhetoric. Presidential power also inheres in the Constitution or at least assertions of constitutional powers. Judging Executive Power helps to bring the Constitution and the courts back into the study of the American presidency by introducing students to sixteen important Supreme Court cases that have shaped the power of the American presidency. The cases selected include the removal power, executive privilege, executive immunity, and the line-item veto, with particularly emphasis on a president's wartime powers from the Civil War to the War on Terror. Through introductions and postscripts that accompany each case, landmark judicial opinions are placed in their political and historical contexts, enabling students to understand the political forces that frame and the political consequences that follow from legal arguments and judgments.
· Carefully edited selections of sixteen important Supreme Court cases that make often complex and long cases accessible to undergraduate students with no legal training.
· Introductions that place each case in its political and historical context, with special focus on the stories of the individuals and groups that brought these legal challenges to presidential power.
· Brief postscripts to each case that describe what happened after the Supreme Court rendered its verdict.
· A glossary of legal terms that help students navigate the legal terminology in the cases.
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Corruption and the Secret of Law (Law, Justice and Power)
By Monique Nuijten and Gerhard Anders
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Publisher:Ashgate
Number Of Pages:234
Publication Date:2007-12-14
ISBN-10 / ASIN:0754671100
ISBN-13 / EAN:9780754671107
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This volume presents a critical anthropological perspective on the hidden continuities between corruption and law. The authors argue that the two opposites, corruption and law, are inextricably linked, the possibility of the former already inscribed into the latter. The book takes a critical stance towards the normative good governance agenda spearheaded by institutions such as Transparency International and the World Bank. It is argued that by uncritically depicting corruption as an absolute evil these anti-corrutption programs disregard the close relationship that exists between corruption and state power."Corruption and the Secret of Law" addresses various aspects of a complex and ambivalent phenomenon drawing on studies from different parts of the world including Burundi, China, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Mexico and the USA. The work provides a valuable resource for students, researchers and policy-makers working in this area.
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