Law : Court Rules

An authoritative survey of the Taft Court, which served from 1921 to 1929, and the impact it had on the American legal system, social order, economics, and politics. The book features an A-Z set of paragraph-length entries on the significant people, laws, events and concepts. more...

Price: $80.00

`Despite its base in the UK legal system, Therapists in Court provides essential advice on many of these issues for all mental health practitioners, regardless of their location' - New Therapist. 'This book fills an important gap in the literature and will I hope remain in print long term. It will be essential reading for trainees. I wish it had been around when I was learning my job' - Dr Jean Harris - Hendriks, Traumatic Stress Clinic, London. For many practitioners, becoming involved in a court case is a frightening and disturbing experience. Providing clear practical guidance backed up with illuminating examples, the book is an invaluable source of information in situations such as: responding to a solicitor's letter, supporting a witness in their preparation to appear in court, and being called as a witness. more...

Price: $36.95

How trial courts operate and administer justice more...

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In the last twenty years, the veil of secrecy surrounding the workings of the United States Supreme Court has been lifted. Justice Thurgood Marshall's controversial decision to make his papers available to the public ushered in a new era of openness about the operation of the Court--but not without criticism from Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist. The Unpublished Opinions of the Rehnquist Court provides a behind-the- scenes look at the Supreme Court, showing how changes between the drafts and the Justices' final opinions have created substantial differences in the outcome of the Court's decisions. As with his two previous works The Unpublished Opinions of the Warren Court and the Unpublished Opinions of the Burger Court, author Bernard Schwartz uses private court papers to follow these decisions and explore the key role and responsibility of the Chief Justice. Among the ten cases examined by Schwartz are key abortion cases Hodgson v. Minnesota and Webster v. Reproductive Health Services-- the original draft of which would have virtually overruled Roe v. Wade--as well as a civil rights case, Patterson v. McLean Credit Union. Schwartz considers the draft opinions and explains why the drafts were not issued as the final opinions and dissents in these cases. In particular, he shows what would have happened if the draft opinions had come down as the final opinions. The Unpublished Opinions of the Rehnquist Court serves to clarify and explore the actual operation of the judicial decision-making process. It will be fascinating and informative reading for attorneys, judges, law students, politicians and anyone interested in the mechanics of the nation's highest Court.  more...

Price: $72.00

An in-depth examination of the US Supreme Court under the 11-term reign of Chief Justice Edward Douglass White. It includes A-Z entries of key people, laws, cases, events and concepts, addresses the aggregate personality of the court and analyses the impact of the court on constitutional law. more...

Price: $80.00