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

    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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  • Killer With a Badge

    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

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Trial by Jury

    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

    $11.99 USD

  • The Crowd

    A Study of the Popular Mind

    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

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Life and Death Decision

    A Jury Weighs the Death Penalty

    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 ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • The Crowd

    A Study of the Popular Mind

    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

    $1.99 USD

  • Criminal Juries in the 21st Century

    Psychological Science and the Law

    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

    $71.99 USD

  • Sexual History Evidence in Rape Trials

    Is the Jury Out?

    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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  • Twenty Million Angry Men

    The Case for Including Convicted Felons in Our Jury System

    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

    $28.99 USD

  • Jury Nullification

    The Evolution of a Doctrine

    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

    $10.99 USD

  • Criminologia - Teoria e Prática

    Sobre a obra Criminologia - Teoria e Prática - 8ª ED – 2023 A obra Criminologia - Teoria e Prática, do autor Paulo Sumariva tem o desafio de auxiliar os acadêmicos e operadores do Direito a realizarem seus estudos da Criminologia, aliando a teoria à apresentação de questões de concursos públicos, item fundamental para fixação da matéria. A Criminologia integra hoje a grade curricular dos cursos de ... Read more

    $21.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Secret Power of Juries

    What jurors in Canada aren't being told about their rights -- and what we can do about it

    Canadians know that the jurors at a trial decide the defendant's guilt or innocence according to the law of the land. What they don't know is how far that right actually goes, and what the real power of juries is.Sometimes people -- even jurors -- wonder if a law or a judgment in a particular case is a just one. When the law seems wrong, we are told there is only one solution: change the law.In ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • Trial by Jury

    The Seventh Amendment and Anglo-American Special Juries

    by James Oldham ...
    While the right to be judged by one's peers in a court of law appears to be a hallmark of American law, protected in civil cases by the Seventh Amendment to the Constitution, the civil jury is actually an import from England. Legal historian James Oldham assembles a mix of his signature essays and new work on the history of jury trial, tracing how trial by jury was transplanted to America and ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • Encyclopaedia of Crime,Police and Judicial System (Paramilitary Forces of India)

    by Giriraj Shah ...
    'Crime' is as old as 'Man' Mythology relates 'First Disobedience' i.e. eating of 'Forbidden Fruit' by Adam was the first Crime (sin)-which resulted in the downfall of Adam and Eve from heaven to the earth 'With the evolution and development of man and society-'Crime' also grew in diverse forms and dimensions 'Hence to check crime and for regulating social order, emerged the institutions of ... Read more

    $129.99 USD

  • Reconstructing Reality in the Courtroom: Justice and Judgment in American Culture

    Coauthored by W. Lance Bennett and Martha S. Feldman, 'Reconstructing Reality in the Courtroom' explains what makes stories believable and how ordinary people connect complex legal arguments and evidence presented in trials to assess guilt and innocence. The explanation takes the core elements of narrative—the who, what, where, when, how, why—and shows how average people who hear hundreds of ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Storytelling for the Defense

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

    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

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cross Purposes

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

    by 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 ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

  • The American Jury System

    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 ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Manual de direito penal

    "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 ... Read more

    $36.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Brooke at the Bar

    Inside Our Legal System

    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 ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Super-Revisão OAB Doutrina - Direito Processual Penal

    Series series Super-Revisão
    Sobre a obra SUPER-REVISÃO OAB - DOUTRINA COMPLETA - 13ª ED – 2023 A experiência diz que aquele que quer ser aprovado deve fazer três coisas: a) entender a teoria, b) ler a letra da lei, e c) treinar. As obras da coleção "Como Passar" cumprem muito bem os dois últimos papéis, pois trazem número expressivo de questões comentadas alternativa por alternativa, inclusive com a indicação de dispositivos ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Encyclopaedia of Crime,Police And Judicial System (Discipline and Indiscipline)

    by Giriraj Shah ...
    'Crime' is as old as 'Man' Mythology relates 'First Disobedience' i.e. eating of 'Forbidden Fruit' by Adam was the first Crime (sin)-which resulted in the downfall of Adam and Eve from heaven to the earth 'With the evolution and development of man and society-'Crime' also grew in diverse forms and dimensions 'Hence to check crime and for regulating social order, emerged the institutions of ... Read more

    $129.99 USD

  • Encyclopaedia of Crime,Police And Judicial System (Police Training)

    by Giriraj Shah ...
    'Crime' is as old as 'Man' Mythology relates 'First Disobedience' i.e. eating of 'Forbidden Fruit' by Adam was the first Crime (sin)-which resulted in the downfall of Adam and Eve from heaven to the earth 'With the evolution and development of man and society-'Crime' also grew in diverse forms and dimensions 'Hence to check crime and for regulating social order, emerged the institutions of ... Read more

    $129.99 USD

  • 上帝的声音:陪审团的法理

    by 高一飞著 ...
    本书广泛考查了英国、美国、俄罗斯、加拿大、西班牙等国以及一些地区(如我国台湾地区、香港地区)的陪审团制度,探讨了陪审团的价值、法理,并对美国、俄罗斯、东亚三种尤具特色的陪审团制度做了比较分析。作者认为:我国的”实事求是、有错必纠”的实体正义文化和审判方式上的职权主义文化决定了我国不可能引进陪审团制度。但是陪审团制度在民意吸纳、司法监督方面的功能在中国可以得到发挥;人民陪审团制度是吸收英美陪审团优点,又克服其缺陷的一项良好的制度,值得推广。 ... Read more

    $23.99 USD