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This book examines state Supreme Court decision making during controversies involving religion, race, and gender skirmishes. It analyzes predominant factors influencing state Supreme Court decision making during controversies involving justices serving in these courts and confronting these crises.

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By examining the Cold War court-martial, this book opens a window on conflicts that divided America at the time, such as the competing demands of work and family and the tension between individual rights and social conformity. Using military justice records, it demonstrates the criminal consequences of the military's violent mission.

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This book examines the Court of Justices contribution in the employment law field in its political and economic context.

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This book contains a collection of articles on different aspects of EU law written by one of Europe's most distinguished jurists during the past twenty years, some of which appear here for the first time in English.

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Based on the newly reformed rules of procedure, in force as of January 2012, and written by court insiders, this book gives a detailed but practice-oriented overview of the legal framework and working practices of the European Courts.

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Drawing on over 100 interviews, including a total of 36 Law Lords, this book provides a compelling and unrivalled view into the workings of the Court during its final decade, and into the formative years of the Supreme Court.

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Drawing on over 100 interviews, including a total of 36 Law Lords, this book provides a compelling and unrivalled view into the workings of the Court during its final decade, and into the formative years of the Supreme Court.

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As lawyers, legal scholars, and academics throughout the social sciences debate the future of legal work and the legal profession itself, they turn their attention inevitably to the rise of the franchise law firms.

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This book examines the interaction between judges, academics and the professions in their task of interpretative development of the law.

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A scathing indictment of the growing role of junk science in our courtrooms. Peter W. Huber shows how time and again lawyers have used,and the courts have accepted,spurious claims by so-called expert witnesses to win astronomical judgments that have bankrupted companies, driven doctors out of practice, and deprived us all of superior technologies and effective, life-saving therapies.

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Offers a unique look at rural access to justice through a series of personal and professional reflections by leading scholars in the field.

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This book is a unique study of the birth of a new legal system after the collapse of communism in Central and Eastern Europe.

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A fascinating exploration of the first two Supreme Courts and how they laid the groundwork for the modern-day Court.

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Examines the impact of judicial activists in state supreme courts.

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What motivates judges as decision makers This book offers a fresh perspective on this crucial question, a perspective based on judges' interest in the approval of audiences important to them. It argues that the influence of judges' audiences is pervasive.

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In this work, Hans and Vidmar review the historical evolution of the trial jury, the contemporary role of the jury in the American criminal justice system, and future prospects for the jury as an institutional force.

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A look at how and why certain judges develop unique legal concepts and work for change in the law.

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This analysis of the decision making of William H. Rehnquist from the beginning of his tenure as an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court in 1971 until he was nominated to be Chief Justice in 1986 presents a refreshing new perspective on the Burger Court's most conservative member. The common assessment of Rehnquist's career on the S

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Lack of access of the poor and middle class to civil courts, suits that benefit only lawyers, litigation tactics devoted to victory rather than truth or justice, and inefficient courts are some of the issues addressed by Judge Gerber in his outspoken critical appraisal of America's legal profession and judiciary.

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