Courts category: 288 books
Justice Denied
Extraordinary miscarriages of justice
Language: English
Release Date: July 9, 2015
An incisive examination by the bestselling author of The Mammoth Book of Gangs of some of the many miscarriages of justice of this and the previous century, which have seen innocent men and women found guilty, and sometimes executed.
This shocking 'manual of injustice' exposes wrongful convictions...
Imprisoned by the Past
Warren McCleskey and the American Death Penalty
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2014
Imprisoned by the Past: Warren McCleskey and the American Death Penaltyconnects the history of the American death penalty to the case of Warren McCleskey. By highlighting the relation between American history and an individual case, Imprisoned by the Past provides a unique understanding of the big...
by Luke McDonagh
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2016
With the introduction of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) and the new European Patent with Unitary Effect, the European patent litigation system is undergoing a set of fundamental reforms. This timely book assesses the current state of European patent litigation by analysing recently published data on...
by Jeffery Commission, Rahim Moloo
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2018
Procedural issues are an area of increasing complexity and concern in modern investment arbitration, and one in which very little guidance currently exists. Indeed, there are a number of important points of departure from the procedural rules commonly adopted in the context of international commercial...
Resolving Claims to Self-Determination
Is There a Role for the International Court of Justice?
Language: English
Release Date: January 3, 2014
Since the end of World War Two and the formation of the UN, the nature of warfare has undergone changes with many wars being ‘intra-state’ wars, or wars of secession. Whilst wars of secession do not involve the same number or type of combatants as in the last two World Wars, their potential for...
Rights and Retrenchment
The Counterrevolution against Federal Litigation
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2017
This groundbreaking book contributes to an emerging literature that examines responses to the rights revolution that unfolded in the United States during the 1960s and 1970s. Using original archival evidence and data, Stephen B. Burbank and Sean Farhang identify the origins of the counterrevolution...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
This book provides a key reference on the role of the Commonwealth and its member states in relation to international humanitarian law (IHL). It provides insights in the implementation of IHL in Commonwealth states and, particularly, the challenges faced by small states. It examines the progressive...
Scorched Worth
A True Story of Destruction, Deceit, and Government Corruption
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2018
To effect just outcomes the justice system requires that law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and judges be committed—above all—to doing justice. Those whose allegiance is to winning, regardless of evidence, do the opposite of justice: they corrupt the system. This is the jaw-dropping story...
Federalism, the Supreme Court, and the Seventeenth Amendment
The Irony of Constitutional Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2001
Abraham Lincoln worried that the 'walls' of the constitution would ultimately be leveled by the 'silent artillery of time.' His fears materialized with the 1913 ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment, which, by eliminating federalism's structural protection, altered the very nature and meaning...
The Supreme Court
An Essential History, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2018
For more than two centuries, the U.S. Supreme Court has provided a battleground for nearly every controversial issue in our nation’s history. Now a veteran team of talented historians—including the editors of the acclaimed Landmark Law Cases and American Society series—have updated the most...
by Marc Stevens
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 30, 2016
If you've ever felt there was something wrong with the world but you just couldn't put your finger on it, then this book is for you. Controversial, informative and entertaining, it will not only enlighten, but may forever change the way you look at the world, especially "law" and politics....
The Business of the Supreme Court
A Study in the Federal Judicial System
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
As Felix Frankfurter and James Landis write in their preface to The Business of the Supreme Court, "To an extraordinary degree legal thinking dominates the United States. Every act of government, every law passed by Congress, every treaty ratified by the Senate, every executive order issued by...
The Doctrine of Judicial Review
Its Legal and Historical Basis and Other Essays
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
This book, first published in 1914, contains five historical essays. Three of them are on the concept of judicial review, which is defined as the power of a court to review and invalidate unlawful acts by the legislative and executive branches of government. One chapter addresses the historical controversy...
What's Law Got to Do With It?
What Judges Do, Why They Do It, and What's at Stake
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
In What's Law Got to Do With It?, the nation's top legal scholars and political scientists examine to what extent the law actually shapes how judges behave and make decisions, and what it means for society at large. Although there is a growing consensus among legal scholars and political scientists,...