Rules & Procedures

Introduction -- Police Practices -- The Commencement Of Formal Proceedings -- The Adversary System And The Determination Of Guilt Or Innocence -- Appeals, P...

Alan Dershowitz, one of the foremost legal thinkers of our time, explores a series of questions raised by the most watched criminal trial in American histo...

Millions of Americans were baffled and outraged by the U.S. Supreme Court's role in deciding the presidential election of 2000 with its controversial rulin...

Sweden’s bestselling and award-winning author Henning Mankell joins Vintage Canada with the first Kurt and Linda Wallander Mystery.Linda Wallander is bore...

A text in Nelson's Policing Series, Youth in Conflict with the Law, Third Edition examines the application of statutes that affect young offenders. This tex...

What role has litigation played in the struggle for equal pay between women and men? In Rights at Work, Michael W. McCann explains how wage discrimination...

Gathered from the popular website www.StellaAwards.com, The True Stella Awards is an outrageous collection of America’s most frivolous lawsuits Named fo...

CRIME VICTIMS: AN INTRODUCTION TO VICTIMOLOGY is a innovative and comprehensive guide that offers balanced coverage on this controversial subject. A must-ha...

The latest addition to Nelson's Policing Series, Youth in Conflict with the Law, Second Edition examines the application of statutes affecting young offende...

From Street Assaults And Home Predators To Computer Hackers, Protect Yourself And Your Loved Ones From America's Growing Crime Wave With This Essential Guid...

what Makes A Person Confess To A Crime He Did Not Commit? Was He Coerced? Is He Trying To Protect Someone Else? Interrogation Has Come Under Attack As Opp...

This Account Will Finally Explain For The First Time, In The Uncensored Words Of Simpson's Closest Confidants And Attorneys, Such Mysteries As The Missing L...

this Unique Insider's Look At The Supreme Court In Session Includes Live Recordings And Transcripts Of Actual Landmark Cases, Including Miranda V. Arizona ...

In America's courtooms, the verdict is laughter. Sit back and enjoy a collection of verbatim exchanges from the halls of justice, where defendants and pla...

The Unnatural And Accidental Women Is A Surrealist Dramatization Of A Thirty-year Murder Case Involving Many Mysterious Deaths In The Skid Row Area Of Vanco...

This clearly articulated statement offers a hopeful and workable approach to conflict—that eternally beleaguering human situation. John Paul Lederach is i...

A Beloved Crime Reporter Revisits Some Of Her Biggest Assignments And Passes Judgement On Our Judicial System And Especially Its Judges. When Christie Blatc...

Jeffrey Rosen. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 245-258) And Index.Categories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & Government United States...

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political Foundations Of Judicial Supremacy Takes Us Deeper Than Ever Before Into The Changing Structure And Politics Of Inter-branch Relations. Historica...

A thumb print left at the scene of a grisly murder. Fingerprints taken from a getaway car used in a bank robbery. A palm print recovered from the shattere...

The New York Times bestselling account of a gruesome, twisted crime and the salacious trial that gripped the American public On June 9, 2008, the butchered...

The Law Of Torts Is An Indispensable Resource For Those Seeking A Concise And Accessible Introduction To The Principles Of Tort Law. The Sixth Edition Explo...

As The Supreme Court Continues To Rule On Important Issues, It Is Essential To Understand How It Operates. Based On Exclusive Interviews With The Justices T...

Introduction -- The Turkey Prank -- An Environment Of Care -- Why Restorative Discipline? -- The Role Of Discipline -- Key Goals Of Restorative Discipline -...

This new edition of the classic casebook contains detailed and authoritative commentary, extensive discussion of practical problems, highlighted treatment o...

Designed to meet the need for a short survey course or a traditional investigation course, this sophisticated cases-and-notes book is derived from the auth...

The lawyer had not wanted the case at first -- it was too big, too complicated, too risky. It concerned a cluster of childhood leukemia victims in a small t...

A beloved crime reporter revisits some of her biggest assignments and passes judgement on our judicial system--especially its judges.When Christie Blatchfo...

Alternative assets have become popular in recent years, mainly because they offer superior returns and are uncorrelated to traditional markets. Legal financ...

Two Police Detectives Reconstruct The Investigation Of The Murder Of Nicole Brown Simpson And Ronald Goldman And The Presentation Of The Evidence At The Tri...

New York Times BestsellerCategories: Politics & Social Sciences Politics & GovernmentPublic Affairs & Policy

Jeff Ashton was part of the prosecution team in the Florida homicide trial of Casey Anthony, the single mother accused of murdering her little girl, Caylee....

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING MICHAEL B. JORDAN AND JAMIE FOXX • A powerful true story about the potential for mer...

celia Was An Ordinary Slave—until She Struck Back At Her Abusive Master And Became The Defendant In A Landmark Trial That Threatened To Undermine The Very...

Since its original publication in 1967, Freedom and the Court has become the standard text on civil liberties law, with more than 100,000 copies in print. ...

Every entrepreneur starts out as a great salesperson. It's how you built and grew your business. But at a certain point, you're creating so much value tha...

No one knows the story behind the sensational headlines of the Scott Peterson murder trial better than defense attorney Matt Dalton. For six straight month...

Alternative dispute resolution (ADR) has come to have an enormous influence on disputing practices in North America and beyond. It is now, more than ever,...

The Purpose Of This Book Is To Lay The Foundation For Solid Conceptual And Methodological Approaches For Mental Health Professionals In Offering Effective R...

A Concise Paperback Based On Maxfield/babbie's Best-selling, Research Methods For Criminal Justice And Criminology, This 'basics' Version Combines Accessibi...

Quantum physics is believed to be the fundamental theory underlying our understanding of the physical universe. However, it is based on concepts and princip...