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Inside the Robe, A Judge's Candid Tale of Criminal Justice in America

de katherine mader ...

COURTHOUSE CONFIDENTIALTo most people, judges are mysterious creatures. As Anthony Bourdain invited readers to follow him behind the scenes of the restaurant business in his bestseller, Kitchen Confidential, and Caitlin Doughty's Smoke Gets in Your Eyes was a revealing peak into the mysteries of what happens after death inside a mortuary, Inside the Robe shines a bright spotlight into the hidden ... Leer más

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COURTHOUSE CONFIDENTIALTo most people, judges are mysterious creatures. As Anthony Bourdain invited readers to follow him behind the scenes of the restaurant business in his bestseller, Kitchen Confidential, and Caitlin Doughty's Smoke Gets in Your Eyes was a revealing peak into the mysteries of what happens after death inside a mortuary, Inside the Robe shines a bright spotlight into the hidden
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Killer With a Badge

de Chuck Hustmyre ...

New Orleans in the 1990s—dirty, corrupt, and violent, the murder capital of the United States, with a scandal-plagued police department that was collapsing under the weight of its own corruption. No one could imagine that things could get much worse for this once-great American city. Then Antoinette Frank joined the New Orleans Police Department, and things got much, much worse. Before long, ... Leer más

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New Orleans in the 1990s—dirty, corrupt, and violent, the murder capital of the United States, with a scandal-plagued police department that was collapsing under the weight of its own corruption. No one could imagine that things could get much worse for this once-great American city. Then Antoinette Frank joined the New Orleans Police Department, and things got much, much worse. Before long,
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A Trial by Jury

de D. Graham Burnett ...

When Princeton historian D. Graham Burnett answered his jury duty summons, he expected to spend a few days catching up on his reading in the court waiting room. Instead, he finds himself thrust into a high-pressure role as the jury foreman in a Manhattan trial. There he comes face to face with a stunning act of violence, a maze of conflicting evidence, and a parade of bizarre witnesses. But it is ... Leer más

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When Princeton historian D. Graham Burnett answered his jury duty summons, he expected to spend a few days catching up on his reading in the court waiting room. Instead, he finds himself thrust into a high-pressure role as the jury foreman in a Manhattan trial. There he comes face to face with a stunning act of violence, a maze of conflicting evidence, and a parade of bizarre witnesses. But it is
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The Crowd

A Study of the Popular Mind

de Gustave Le Bon ...

The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind is a brilliant treatise on the workings of crowds. Gustave Le Bon examines many different kinds of crowds and how they work. He differentiates between different kinds of crowds such as mobs, juries, elected bodies, and simple crowds. This landmark book is one of the most influential books ever written on this subject. An important book for anyone studying or ... Leer más

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The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind is a brilliant treatise on the workings of crowds. Gustave Le Bon examines many different kinds of crowds and how they work. He differentiates between different kinds of crowds such as mobs, juries, elected bodies, and simple crowds. This landmark book is one of the most influential books ever written on this subject. An important book for anyone studying or
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Sexual History Evidence in Rape Trials

Is the Jury Out?

de Charlotte Herriott ...

Series series Routledge Frontiers of Criminal Justice
This book provides an in-depth examination of current, high-profile debates about the use of sexual history evidence in rape trials and its impact on jurors. In doing so, it presents findings of the first mock jury dataset in England and Wales to explore how jurors interpret, discuss, and rely upon such evidence within their deliberations.Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative insights from ... Leer más

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This book provides an in-depth examination of current, high-profile debates about the use of sexual history evidence in rape trials and its impact on jurors. In doing so, it presents findings of the first mock jury dataset in England and Wales to explore how jurors interpret, discuss, and rely upon such evidence within their deliberations.Drawing on both qualitative and quantitative insights from
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Storytelling for the Defense

Defense Attorney's Courtroom Guide to Beating Plaintiffs At Their Own Game

de Merrie Jo Pitera, Barbara Hillmer ...

Storytelling is primal for humans—one of the few human traits that is truly universal across cultures and through all of known history. The goal of Storytelling for the Defense is to help defense attorneys understand and reclaim the fundamental value of storytelling in the context of persuading jurors and winning cases. Defense attorneys must realize that the power of the narrative is not the sole ... Leer más

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Storytelling is primal for humans—one of the few human traits that is truly universal across cultures and through all of known history. The goal of Storytelling for the Defense is to help defense attorneys understand and reclaim the fundamental value of storytelling in the context of persuading jurors and winning cases. Defense attorneys must realize that the power of the narrative is not the sole
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Confronting the Death Penalty

How Language Influences Jurors in Capital Cases

de Robin Conley ...

Series series Oxford Studies in Language and Law
Confronting the Death Penalty: How Language Influences Jurors in Capital Cases probes how jurors make the ultimate decision about whether another human being should live or die. Drawing on ethnographic and qualitative linguistic methods, this book explores the means through which language helps to make death penalty decisions possible - how specific linguistic choices mediate and restrict jurors', ... Leer más

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Confronting the Death Penalty: How Language Influences Jurors in Capital Cases probes how jurors make the ultimate decision about whether another human being should live or die. Drawing on ethnographic and qualitative linguistic methods, this book explores the means through which language helps to make death penalty decisions possible - how specific linguistic choices mediate and restrict jurors',
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Twenty Million Angry Men

The Case for Including Convicted Felons in Our Jury System

de James M. Binnall ...

Today, all but one U.S. jurisdiction restricts a convicted felon’s eligibility for jury service. Are there valid, legal reasons for banishing millions of Americans from the jury process? How do felon-juror exclusion statutes impact convicted felons, jury systems, and jurisdictions that impose them? Twenty Million Angry Men provides the first full account of this pervasive yet invisible form of ... Leer más

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Today, all but one U.S. jurisdiction restricts a convicted felon’s eligibility for jury service. Are there valid, legal reasons for banishing millions of Americans from the jury process? How do felon-juror exclusion statutes impact convicted felons, jury systems, and jurisdictions that impose them? Twenty Million Angry Men provides the first full account of this pervasive yet invisible form of
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Criminal Juries in the 21st Century

Psychological Science and the Law

Edición de Cynthia Najdowski, Margaret Stevenson ...

Series series American Psychology-Law Society Series
The jury is often hailed as one of the most important symbols of American democracy. Yet much has changed since the Sixth Amendment in 1791 first guaranteed all citizens the right to a jury trial in criminal prosecutions. Experts now have a much more nuanced understanding of the psychological implications of being a juror, and advances in technology and neuroscience make the work of rendering a ... Leer más

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The jury is often hailed as one of the most important symbols of American democracy. Yet much has changed since the Sixth Amendment in 1791 first guaranteed all citizens the right to a jury trial in criminal prosecutions. Experts now have a much more nuanced understanding of the psychological implications of being a juror, and advances in technology and neuroscience make the work of rendering a
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Jury Nullification

The Evolution of a Doctrine

de Clay S. Conrad ...

The Founding Fathers guaranteed trial by jury three times in the Constitution—more than any other right—since juries can serve as the final check on government’s power to enforce unjust, immoral, or oppressive laws. But in America today, how independent can a jury be? How much power does a jury have to not only judge a defendant’s actions, but the merits of the law? What happens when jurors decide ... Leer más

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The Founding Fathers guaranteed trial by jury three times in the Constitution—more than any other right—since juries can serve as the final check on government’s power to enforce unjust, immoral, or oppressive laws. But in America today, how independent can a jury be? How much power does a jury have to not only judge a defendant’s actions, but the merits of the law? What happens when jurors decide
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The Rule-Out Method of Criminal Defense

de David Ball ...

The Rule-Out method of criminal defense, easily learned, gets most jurors to want to decide verdicts based solely on reasonable doubts -- which, perhaps unexpectedly, few jurors normally do on their own no matter how you explain it. Instead, most convictions result from burden shifting, the usual demand by jurors that the defense attorney prove innocence. Rule Out prevents this, teaches how to ... Leer más

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The Rule-Out method of criminal defense, easily learned, gets most jurors to want to decide verdicts based solely on reasonable doubts -- which, perhaps unexpectedly, few jurors normally do on their own no matter how you explain it. Instead, most convictions result from burden shifting, the usual demand by jurors that the defense attorney prove innocence. Rule Out prevents this, teaches how to
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Mediação no judiciário

Teoria na prática e prática na teoria

de Paula Paron ...

Series series EDU
Mediação no judiciário: teoria na prática e prática na teoria traz ao público uma visão geral dos casos atendidos pelas autoras, na realização dos seus trabalhos no Fórum de Santana, em São Paulo. Além da vasta teoria que fundamenta a mediação, como técnica de resolução de conflitos, este livro será uma excelente ferramenta para o leitor, não somente destinada a utilizá-la em sua prática ... Leer más

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Mediação no judiciário: teoria na prática e prática na teoria traz ao público uma visão geral dos casos atendidos pelas autoras, na realização dos seus trabalhos no Fórum de Santana, em São Paulo. Além da vasta teoria que fundamenta a mediação, como técnica de resolução de conflitos, este livro será uma excelente ferramenta para o leitor, não somente destinada a utilizá-la em sua prática
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Commonsense Justice

Jurors’ Notions of the Law

de Norman J. Finkel ...

For the first time in our history, U.S. prisons house over a million inmates, enough to populate a city larger than San Francisco. Building prisons is the new growth industry, as the American public reacts to a perceived increase in violence and politicians take a hard line toward crime. But this eagerness to construct more prisons raises basic questions about what the community wants and will ... Leer más

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For the first time in our history, U.S. prisons house over a million inmates, enough to populate a city larger than San Francisco. Building prisons is the new growth industry, as the American public reacts to a perceived increase in violence and politicians take a hard line toward crime. But this eagerness to construct more prisons raises basic questions about what the community wants and will
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A Life and Death Decision

A Jury Weighs the Death Penalty

de Scott E. Sundby ...

A gripping exploration of a jury's members' perspectives on the most wrenching decision: the death sentenceWith a life in the balance, a jury convicts a man of murder and now has to decide whether he should be put to death. Twelve people now face a momentous choice.Bringing drama to life, A Life and Death Decision gives unique insight into how a jury deliberates. We feel the passions, anger, and ... Leer más

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A gripping exploration of a jury's members' perspectives on the most wrenching decision: the death sentenceWith a life in the balance, a jury convicts a man of murder and now has to decide whether he should be put to death. Twelve people now face a momentous choice.Bringing drama to life, A Life and Death Decision gives unique insight into how a jury deliberates. We feel the passions, anger, and
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Patently Persuasive

Strategies for Influencing Judge and Jury, Second Edition

de Karen Ohnemus Lisko, Kevin R. Boully ...

The unique and changing facets of intellectual property law coupled with the complexities of most patent cases create a different set of challenges for litigators in this area. Drawing upon their research with hundreds of actual and mock jurors over the past 18 years and upon their own strategy consultation on numerous patent cases, Karen Lisko and Kevin Boully discuss important realities of ... Leer más

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The unique and changing facets of intellectual property law coupled with the complexities of most patent cases create a different set of challenges for litigators in this area. Drawing upon their research with hundreds of actual and mock jurors over the past 18 years and upon their own strategy consultation on numerous patent cases, Karen Lisko and Kevin Boully discuss important realities of
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Entre doute et conviction

Plongée dans l'univers d'une jurée d'assises

de Jennifer Del Pino ...

Series series Témoignage, biographie
Plongée dans l’univers d’une jurée d’assisesÉcrire n’est pas anodin, écrire libère et soulage.Ce procès m’a marquée au point de ne jamais vouloir l’oublier. Je continuais à le vivre, à le réfléchir, à le ressentir. Cette intensité était si forte, si intense, qu’elle m’était devenue douloureuse. Alors, j’ai écrit. Car écrire est devenu pour moi un moyen de me libérer, tout en inscrivant cette ... Leer más

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Plongée dans l’univers d’une jurée d’assisesÉcrire n’est pas anodin, écrire libère et soulage.Ce procès m’a marquée au point de ne jamais vouloir l’oublier. Je continuais à le vivre, à le réfléchir, à le ressentir. Cette intensité était si forte, si intense, qu’elle m’était devenue douloureuse. Alors, j’ai écrit. Car écrire est devenu pour moi un moyen de me libérer, tout en inscrivant cette
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Manual de Direito Penal - Parte Especial - Arts. 121º a 234 do CP - Vol. 02 - 39ª Ed - 2026

de JULIO FABBRINI MIRABETE, RENATO N. FABBRINI ...

Series Libro 2 - Manual de Direito Penal
SOBRE A OBRA O Manual de Direito Penal, de Julio Fabbrini Mirabete, foi concebido pelo autor como obra destinada a acadêmicos que pela primeira vez entram em contato com o Direito Penal e a candidatos a concursos públicos em que essa matéria é obrigatória. Embora se tenha adotado na estrutura do crime a teoria finalista da ação, vencedora na doutrina e inspiradora das legislações modernas, segue a ... Leer más

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SOBRE A OBRA O Manual de Direito Penal, de Julio Fabbrini Mirabete, foi concebido pelo autor como obra destinada a acadêmicos que pela primeira vez entram em contato com o Direito Penal e a candidatos a concursos públicos em que essa matéria é obrigatória. Embora se tenha adotado na estrutura do crime a teoria finalista da ação, vencedora na doutrina e inspiradora das legislações modernas, segue a
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Brooke at the Bar

Inside Our Legal System

de Brooke Wunnicke, Diane B. Wunnicke ...

Series series Timberline Books
Brooke at the Bar is a candid, lively, and sometimes humorous autobiography by Brooke Wunnicke, the first woman to be a trial and appellate attorney in Wyoming and who went on to become a legal legend in Colorado. In conversational writing, Brooke provides insights from a lawyer, mentor, and educator. She advocates that, while not perfect, the United States has the world’s best legal system and ... Leer más

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Brooke at the Bar is a candid, lively, and sometimes humorous autobiography by Brooke Wunnicke, the first woman to be a trial and appellate attorney in Wyoming and who went on to become a legal legend in Colorado. In conversational writing, Brooke provides insights from a lawyer, mentor, and educator. She advocates that, while not perfect, the United States has the world’s best legal system and
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Manual de Direito Penal - 6ª Ed - 2026

de Cristiano Rodrigues ...

"O texto deste livro foi desenvolvido para ter uma linguagem direta, de fácil e agradável leitura, e muitas vezes o leitor vai se sentir como se estivesse dentro de uma das minhas salas de aula, vai literalmente me ouvir (ler) falando, já que evitei ao máximo colocar citações e notas de rodapé com textos de outros livros e autores, já trazendo os posicionamentos dominantes da doutrina, e ... Leer más

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"O texto deste livro foi desenvolvido para ter uma linguagem direta, de fácil e agradável leitura, e muitas vezes o leitor vai se sentir como se estivesse dentro de uma das minhas salas de aula, vai literalmente me ouvir (ler) falando, já que evitei ao máximo colocar citações e notas de rodapé com textos de outros livros e autores, já trazendo os posicionamentos dominantes da doutrina, e
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Cross Purposes

Pierce v. Society of Sisters and the Struggle over Compulsory Public Education

de Paula Abrams ...

"A definitive study of an extremely important, though curiously neglected, Supreme Court decision, Pierce v. Society of Sisters."---Robert O'Neil, Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Virginia School of Law"A careful and captivating examination of a dramatic and instructive clash between nationalism and religious pluralism, and of the ancient but ongoing struggle for control over the education ... Leer más

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"A definitive study of an extremely important, though curiously neglected, Supreme Court decision, Pierce v. Society of Sisters."---Robert O'Neil, Professor of Law Emeritus, University of Virginia School of Law"A careful and captivating examination of a dramatic and instructive clash between nationalism and religious pluralism, and of the ancient but ongoing struggle for control over the education
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O Juiz e a Prova

Estudos da errônea recepção do brocardo iudex iudicare debet secundum allegata et probata, non secundum conscientiam e sua repercussão atual

de Joan Picó i Junoy ...

Traducido por Darci Guimarães Ribeiro ...

Series Libro 1 - Clássicos contemporâneos em homenagem à Ovídio Araújo Baptista da Silva
Um dos maiores equívocos existentes na processualística, com graves consequências práticas até os dias de hoje, começou quando se alterou o correto brocardo - iudex iudicare debet secundum allegata et probata, non secundum conscientiam -, através de uma pequena modificação que introduziu, por um lado, a palavra ?partium? ou a ?partibus?, e, por outro, silenciou sobre a expressão - non secundum ... Leer más

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Um dos maiores equívocos existentes na processualística, com graves consequências práticas até os dias de hoje, começou quando se alterou o correto brocardo - iudex iudicare debet secundum allegata et probata, non secundum conscientiam -, através de uma pequena modificação que introduziu, por um lado, a palavra ?partium? ou a ?partibus?, e, por outro, silenciou sobre a expressão - non secundum
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Iniciación a la asistencia social y servicios sociales

de Valtar Anabel ...

Los servicios sociales son el conjunto de servicios y actuaciones orientados a mejorar el bienestar social de la ciudadanía mediante la prestación de información, atención y apoyo a las personas y los colectivos vulnerables. Los diferentes servicios son un acompañamiento a situaciones personales, familiares o sociales que requieren apoyo, mediante una valoración de la situación y la definición de ... Leer más

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Los servicios sociales son el conjunto de servicios y actuaciones orientados a mejorar el bienestar social de la ciudadanía mediante la prestación de información, atención y apoyo a las personas y los colectivos vulnerables. Los diferentes servicios son un acompañamiento a situaciones personales, familiares o sociales que requieren apoyo, mediante una valoración de la situación y la definición de
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Juror Number 8

The Trial of Matheau L. Moore

de Connie E. Curry ...

When Connie sat down as Juror Number 8, she prepared herself for the startlingly bleak decision ahead: whether or not the man in front of her killed his wife.In September 2020, after months of searching, the body of Emily Noble was recovered from a wooded area near her home in Westerville, Ohio. Officials set out to prove it was a staged suicide and shortly after, arrested Matheau Moore for the ... Leer más

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When Connie sat down as Juror Number 8, she prepared herself for the startlingly bleak decision ahead: whether or not the man in front of her killed his wife.In September 2020, after months of searching, the body of Emily Noble was recovered from a wooded area near her home in Westerville, Ohio. Officials set out to prove it was a staged suicide and shortly after, arrested Matheau Moore for the
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The Jury Duty - US Government and Politics | Children's Government Books

de Baby Professor ...

Did you know that when you're older, you might be called for jury duty? But what is it? You'll know more about it, and why you should show up when you're summoned, in this book of US government and politics. Prepare your child for the reality of adult living by informing him/her of the societal responsibilities early on in life. Grab a copy today! ... Leer más

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Did you know that when you're older, you might be called for jury duty? But what is it? You'll know more about it, and why you should show up when you're summoned, in this book of US government and politics. Prepare your child for the reality of adult living by informing him/her of the societal responsibilities early on in life. Grab a copy today!
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