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

by 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 ... Read more

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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

by 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, ... Read more

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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

by 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 ... Read more

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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

by 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 ... Read more

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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?

by 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 ... Read more

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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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Twenty Million Angry Men

The Case for Including Convicted Felons in Our Jury System

by 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 ... Read more

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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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The Rule-Out Method of Criminal Defense

by 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 ... Read more

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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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Mastering Voir Dire and Jury Selection

Gain an Edge in Questioning and Selecting Your Jury, Fourth Edition

by Jeffery T. Frederick ...

The voir dire and jury selection process is one of the most challenging aspects of a jury trial. It is at this time that lawyers must identify and remove potential jurors who harbor some bias or hold beliefs that would make them less beneficial than others. Success in jury selection requires lawyers to draw upon a number of basic skills. These skills include the ability to:Operate effectively ... Read more

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The voir dire and jury selection process is one of the most challenging aspects of a jury trial. It is at this time that lawyers must identify and remove potential jurors who harbor some bias or hold beliefs that would make them less beneficial than others. Success in jury selection requires lawyers to draw upon a number of basic skills. These skills include the ability to:Operate effectively
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Criminal Juries in the 21st Century

Psychological Science and the Law

Edited by 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 ... Read more

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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

by 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 ... Read more

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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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Confronting the Death Penalty

How Language Influences Jurors in Capital Cases

by 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', ... Read more

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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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Storytelling for the Defense

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

by 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 ... Read more

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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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Ley Agraria

DOF 25/06/2018

by Congreso de la Unión, Guillermo Solis Sansores ...

Ley que regula los espacios ejidales****ACTUALIZACIONES PERIÓDICAS INCLUIDAS******Adquiérela una vez y siempre tendrás que se publique una modificación, tendrás la versión actualizada completa.****************************************************************** ... Read more

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Ley que regula los espacios ejidales****ACTUALIZACIONES PERIÓDICAS INCLUIDAS******Adquiérela una vez y siempre tendrás que se publique una modificación, tendrás la versión actualizada completa.******************************************************************
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Space, Time, Justice

From Archaic Rituals to Contemporary Perspectives

by David Marrani ...

This book merges philosophical, psychoanalytical and legal perspectives to explore how spaces of justice are changing and the effect this has on the development of the administration of justice. There are as central themes: the idea of transgression as the starting point of the question of justice and its archaic anchor; the relation between spaces of justice and ritual(s); the question of use and ... Read more

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This book merges philosophical, psychoanalytical and legal perspectives to explore how spaces of justice are changing and the effect this has on the development of the administration of justice. There are as central themes: the idea of transgression as the starting point of the question of justice and its archaic anchor; the relation between spaces of justice and ritual(s); the question of use and
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Direitos Humanos e Desenvolvimento: O Caso de Belo Monte

by 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 ... Read more

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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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Would You Convict?

Seventeen Cases That Challenged the Law

by 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 ... Read more

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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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In The Light of Justice

The Rise of Human Rights in Native America

by Walter Echo-Hawk ...

A Blueprint for Indigenous Rights in the 21st CenturyIn the Light of Justice is a seminal work that explores the evolution of Indigenous rights from the dark eras of "Indian-hating" to the modern global human rights movement. Celebrated attorney Walter R. Echo-Hawk provides a comprehensive analysis of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and its potential to ... Read more

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A Blueprint for Indigenous Rights in the 21st CenturyIn the Light of Justice is a seminal work that explores the evolution of Indigenous rights from the dark eras of "Indian-hating" to the modern global human rights movement. Celebrated attorney Walter R. Echo-Hawk provides a comprehensive analysis of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and its potential to
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European History from Luther to Napoleon

by John Lord ...

The period at which this History commences,—the beginning of the sixteenth century,—when compared with the ages which had preceded it, since the fall of the Roman empire, was one of unprecedented brilliancy and activity. It was a period very fruitful in great men and great events, and, though stormy and turbulent, was favorable to experiments and reforms. The nations of Europe seem to have been ... Read more

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The period at which this History commences,—the beginning of the sixteenth century,—when compared with the ages which had preceded it, since the fall of the Roman empire, was one of unprecedented brilliancy and activity. It was a period very fruitful in great men and great events, and, though stormy and turbulent, was favorable to experiments and reforms. The nations of Europe seem to have been
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In the Courts of the Conqueror

The 10 Worst Indian Law Cases Ever Decided

by Walter Echo-Hawk ...

A Decisive Critique of American Jurisprudence | A Path Toward Legal JusticeIn the Courts of the Conqueror is a groundbreaking examination of the legal history that has shaped the lives of Native Americans. Renowned attorney and activist Walter R. Echo-Hawk identifies ten pivotal Supreme Court cases—the "worst" in his estimation—that have systematically undermined Indigenous sovereignty, land ... Read more

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A Decisive Critique of American Jurisprudence | A Path Toward Legal JusticeIn the Courts of the Conqueror is a groundbreaking examination of the legal history that has shaped the lives of Native Americans. Renowned attorney and activist Walter R. Echo-Hawk identifies ten pivotal Supreme Court cases—the "worst" in his estimation—that have systematically undermined Indigenous sovereignty, land
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John Henry Wigmore and the Rules of Evidence

The Hidden Origins of Modern Law

by Andrew Porwancher ...

Series Book 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 ... Read more

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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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In the Jury Box

by John Pritchett ...

What does a fair juror actually do when the evidence is incomplete, the witnesses disagree, and certainty is impossible?In the Jury Box: How Jurors Evaluate Evidence, Resist Bias, and Reach a Fair Decision is a practical guide to the reasoning demands of jury service. John S. Pritchett examines how jurors can evaluate testimony, documents, physical and digital evidence, expert opinions, eyewitness ... Read more

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What does a fair juror actually do when the evidence is incomplete, the witnesses disagree, and certainty is impossible?In the Jury Box: How Jurors Evaluate Evidence, Resist Bias, and Reach a Fair Decision is a practical guide to the reasoning demands of jury service. John S. Pritchett examines how jurors can evaluate testimony, documents, physical and digital evidence, expert opinions, eyewitness
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Model Code of Judicial Conduct, 2020 Edition

by Center For Professional Responsibility ...

The Model Code of Judicial Conduct consists of broad statements called Canons with specific rules set forth in Sections under each Canon, a Terminology Section, an Application Section and Commentary. The text of the Canons and the Sections, including the Terminology and Application Sections, is authoritative. ... Read more

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The Model Code of Judicial Conduct consists of broad statements called Canons with specific rules set forth in Sections under each Canon, a Terminology Section, an Application Section and Commentary. The text of the Canons and the Sections, including the Terminology and Application Sections, is authoritative.
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Etica e Fair Play: nella Formazione della Prova Orale, nel Processo Penale

by Domenico Carponi Schittar ...

Ogni meccanismo, per funzionare adeguatamente, esige un armonico contributo da parte di tutti i suoi ingranaggi.Altrimenti si “grippa”.Il processo penale non è da meno.Anzi – dipendendo dal suo funzionamento da un lato la tutela del bene libertà individuale, dall'altro la tutela della società - l’esigenza quanto al fatto che quel contributo sia massimo è di grado superiore a quella che può ... Read more

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Ogni meccanismo, per funzionare adeguatamente, esige un armonico contributo da parte di tutti i suoi ingranaggi.Altrimenti si “grippa”.Il processo penale non è da meno.Anzi – dipendendo dal suo funzionamento da un lato la tutela del bene libertà individuale, dall'altro la tutela della società - l’esigenza quanto al fatto che quel contributo sia massimo è di grado superiore a quella che può
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Manual de Direito Penal - Parte Especial - Arts. 235 a 361 do CP - Vol. 03 - 36ª Ed - 2026

by JULIO FABBRINI MIRABETE, RENATO N. FABBRINI ...

Series Book 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 ... Read more

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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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