Shows how two well-established, traditional criminal law defenses - the doctrines of provocation and self-defense - enable certain defendants to more easily justify their acts of violence than others. This work suggests three tentative legal reforms to address problems of bias and undue leniency.
Examines how judges' opinions have been presented from early American Republic onwards. Tracing the history of judicial opinion to its roots in English common law, this work concludes that a shift from an authoritative to a more personal and exploratory individual style of writing opinions is consistent with a more democratic judicial institution.
Places the jury system in its historical and contemporary context giving the stories behind important trials while providing fact-based answers to critical questions. This book proposes suggestions for improving the way juries carry out their duties.
This volume presents five case studies in ju dicial innovation - the dedicated drug treatment courts in M iami, Oakland, Fort Lauderdale and Phoenix. It will be of in terest to academics and students in criminal justice, law, s ocial work and health. '
Many legal theorists and judges agree on one major premise in the field of law and religion: that religion clause jurisprudence is in a state of disarray and has been for some time. This work contends that both hard originalism and neutrality are illusory in religion clause jurisprudence.
100 Years of Law Clerks at the United States Supreme Court
Based on Supreme Court archives, the personal papers of justices and other figures at the Supreme Court, and interviews and written surveys with 150 former clerks, this title offers a behind-the-scenes look at the life of a law clerk, and how it has evolved since its nineteenth-century beginnings.
Prosecuting Adolescents in Adult and Juvenile Courts
By comparing how adolescents are prosecuted and punished in juvenile and criminal courts, this work finds that prosecuting adolescents in criminal court does not fit with out cultural understandings of youthfulness. It suggests that justice would be better served if adolescents were handled by the system designed to address their special needs.
Prosecuting Adolescents in Adult and Juvenile Courts
By comparing how adolescents are prosecuted and punished in juvenile and criminal courts, this work finds that prosecuting adolescents in criminal court does not fit with out cultural understandings of youthfulness. It suggests that justice would be better served if adolescents were handled by the system designed to address their special needs.
