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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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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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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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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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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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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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John Henry Wigmore and the Rules of Evidence

The Hidden Origins of Modern Law

de Andrew Porwancher ...

Series Libro 1 - Studies in Constitutional Democracy
Honorable Mention, 2017 Scribes Book Award, The American Society of Legal WritersAt the dawn of the twentieth century, the United States was reeling from the effects of rapid urbanization and industrialization. Time-honored verities proved obsolete, and intellectuals in all fields sought ways to make sense of an increasingly unfamiliar reality. The legal system in particular began to buckle under ... Leer más

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Honorable Mention, 2017 Scribes Book Award, The American Society of Legal WritersAt the dawn of the twentieth century, the United States was reeling from the effects of rapid urbanization and industrialization. Time-honored verities proved obsolete, and intellectuals in all fields sought ways to make sense of an increasingly unfamiliar reality. The legal system in particular began to buckle under
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Manual de Direito Penal - Parte Especial - Arts. 235 a 361 do CP - Vol. 03 - 36ª Ed - 2026

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

Series Libro 3 - 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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Preparing for a Federal Jury Trial

de Willie J. Epps ...

Table of Contents:IntroductionPart ITrial PreparationVoir DireOpening StatementTrial EvidenceAfter the Close of all EvidencePart II: InterviewsInterview of Lori G. CohenInterview of Chaka M. PattersonInterview of John KurtzInterview of Keith A. CutlerPart III: Model Trial Notebook ... Leer más

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Table of Contents:IntroductionPart ITrial PreparationVoir DireOpening StatementTrial EvidenceAfter the Close of all EvidencePart II: InterviewsInterview of Lori G. CohenInterview of Chaka M. PattersonInterview of John KurtzInterview of Keith A. CutlerPart III: Model Trial Notebook
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In the Hands of the People

The Trial Jury's Origins, Triumphs, Troubles, and Future in American Democracy

de William L. Dwyer ...

In a passionate warning that is not only well-reasoned, as becomes a renowned former trial lawyer and present federal judge, but is also a compelling and entertaining read, William L. Dwyer defies those who would abolish our jury system and hand over its power to judges or to panels of "experts." He aims, by making his readers aware of what should be done, to help us save what he calls "America's ... Leer más

$17.99 USD

In a passionate warning that is not only well-reasoned, as becomes a renowned former trial lawyer and present federal judge, but is also a compelling and entertaining read, William L. Dwyer defies those who would abolish our jury system and hand over its power to judges or to panels of "experts." He aims, by making his readers aware of what should be done, to help us save what he calls "America's
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Juicios por jurados

Selección de los miembros

de Rodolfo Francisco Zehnder, Marco Antonio Terragni ...

Series series Tesis
Los juicios por jurados se han constituido en el nuevo sistema de administración de justicia, en vigencia en casi la mitad de las provincias argentinas. Se trata de un profundo cambio cultural, que implica que ciudadanos comunes –no jueces- decidan sobre la culpabilidad o inocencia de imputados en juicios penales. Como todo cambio cultural sorpresivo, entraña desafíos, si bien las experiencias ... Leer más

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Los juicios por jurados se han constituido en el nuevo sistema de administración de justicia, en vigencia en casi la mitad de las provincias argentinas. Se trata de un profundo cambio cultural, que implica que ciudadanos comunes –no jueces- decidan sobre la culpabilidad o inocencia de imputados en juicios penales. Como todo cambio cultural sorpresivo, entraña desafíos, si bien las experiencias
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Japan and Civil Jury Trials

The Convergence of Forces

de Matthew J Wilson, Hiroshi Fukurai, Takashi Maruta ...

With effective solutions in both criminal and civil disputes at a premium, reformers have advanced varied forms of jury systems as a means of fostering positive political, economic, and social change. Many countries have recently integrated lay participation into their justice systems, and this book argues that the convergence of current forces makes this an ideal time for Japan to expand lay ... Leer más

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With effective solutions in both criminal and civil disputes at a premium, reformers have advanced varied forms of jury systems as a means of fostering positive political, economic, and social change. Many countries have recently integrated lay participation into their justice systems, and this book argues that the convergence of current forces makes this an ideal time for Japan to expand lay
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The American Jury System

de Randolph N. Jonakait ...

Series series Yale Contemporary Law Series
How are juries selected in the United States? What forces influence juries in making their decisions? Are some cases simply beyond the ability of juries to decide? How useful is the entire jury system?In this important and accessible book, a prominent expert on constitutional law examines these and other issues concerning the American jury system. Randolph N. Jonakait describes the historical and ... Leer más

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How are juries selected in the United States? What forces influence juries in making their decisions? Are some cases simply beyond the ability of juries to decide? How useful is the entire jury system?In this important and accessible book, a prominent expert on constitutional law examines these and other issues concerning the American jury system. Randolph N. Jonakait describes the historical and
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PRAWO SKORPIONA czyli PODSTĘPNA TEMIDA

de Adam Brzeski ...

O polskim wymiarze sprawiedliwości powiedziano już wiele krytycznych słów. Znana powszechnie jest przewlekłość postępowań. Również w tej publikacji zwrócono na to uwagę. Książka ta opowiada los jednego przedsiębiorcy uwikłanego w tryby nierychliwej sprawiedliwości. Sprawiedliwości na dodatek trochę na opak. To wszystko zdarzyło się naprawdę w Polsce w okresie transformacji ustrojowej. Czy ktoś ... Leer más

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O polskim wymiarze sprawiedliwości powiedziano już wiele krytycznych słów. Znana powszechnie jest przewlekłość postępowań. Również w tej publikacji zwrócono na to uwagę. Książka ta opowiada los jednego przedsiębiorcy uwikłanego w tryby nierychliwej sprawiedliwości. Sprawiedliwości na dodatek trochę na opak. To wszystko zdarzyło się naprawdę w Polsce w okresie transformacji ustrojowej. Czy ktoś
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Direitos Humanos e Desenvolvimento: O Caso de Belo Monte

de Flávia do Amaral Vieira ...

Este livro trata do tema dos direitos humanos e desenvolvimento na Amazônia, a partir do Caso da Usina Hidrelétrica de Belo Monte e de seus desdobramentos na Comissão Interamericana de Direitos Humanos-CIDH. O projeto, principal obra do Plano de Aceleração de Crescimento (PAC) do governo do Partido dos Trabalhadores, teve o processo de licenciamento questionado por diversas ações judiciais que ... Leer más

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Este livro trata do tema dos direitos humanos e desenvolvimento na Amazônia, a partir do Caso da Usina Hidrelétrica de Belo Monte e de seus desdobramentos na Comissão Interamericana de Direitos Humanos-CIDH. O projeto, principal obra do Plano de Aceleração de Crescimento (PAC) do governo do Partido dos Trabalhadores, teve o processo de licenciamento questionado por diversas ações judiciais que
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An Essay on the Trial by Jury

Enriched edition. Ensuring Justice Through the Power of Juries and Individual Rights

de Lysander Spooner, Everett Cole ...

In "An Essay on the Trial by Jury," Lysander Spooner presents a compelling critique of the American legal system, particularly focusing on the inadequacies and implications of jury trials. Spooner employs a lucid and incisive prose style, merging philosophical inquiry with a sharp legal analysis that questions the very foundations of democratic justice. Written during the mid-19th century, a time ... Leer más

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In "An Essay on the Trial by Jury," Lysander Spooner presents a compelling critique of the American legal system, particularly focusing on the inadequacies and implications of jury trials. Spooner employs a lucid and incisive prose style, merging philosophical inquiry with a sharp legal analysis that questions the very foundations of democratic justice. Written during the mid-19th century, a time
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Would You Convict?

Seventeen Cases That Challenged the Law

de Paul H Robinson ...

An illuminating exercise that challenges the reader's beliefs about the justice systemA police trooper inspects a car during a routine traffic stop and finds a vast cache of weapons, complete with automatic rifles, thousands of rounds of ammunition, and black ski masks-a veritable bank robber's kit. Should the men in the car be charged? If so, with what?A son neglects to care for his elderly ... Leer más

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An illuminating exercise that challenges the reader's beliefs about the justice systemA police trooper inspects a car during a routine traffic stop and finds a vast cache of weapons, complete with automatic rifles, thousands of rounds of ammunition, and black ski masks-a veritable bank robber's kit. Should the men in the car be charged? If so, with what?A son neglects to care for his elderly
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