Download or read book Famous Judges and Famous Trials written by Charles Kingston and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Famous Judges and Trials written by Charles Kingston and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Famous Trials written by Frank McLynn and published by Crux Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 1999 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A wonderful summary of famous trials throughout history, from Jesus Christ to Oscar Wilde
Download or read book Famous Judges and Their Trials written by Leonard Reginald Gribble and published by . This book was released on 1955 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Verdicts Were Just written by Albert Averbach and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CONTENTS.--Flight 624, tried by H. Gair.--The Dizzy Gillespie story, tried by A. Averbach.--Cancerphobia, tried by W. F. X. Geoghan, Jr.--Witness against Eichmann, by M. A. Musmanno.--SOS from the Andrea, Doria, tried by D. Sindell.--A case of warranty, tried by M. M. Belli.--A just verdict, tried by T. Rucker.--Caryl Chessman case, tried by G. T. Davis.
Download or read book In the Hands of the People written by William L. Dwyer and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2004-08-01 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a passionate warning that is not only well-reasoned, as becomes a renowned former trial lawyer and present federal judge, but is also a compelling and entertaining read, William L. Dwyer defies those who would abolish our jury system and hand over its power to judges or to panels of "experts." He aims, by making his readers aware of what should be done, to help us save what he calls "America's most democratic institution." In an overview of litigation's universe, Dwyer goes back several centuries to describe the often terrifying ways our ancestors arrived at verdicts of guilt or innocence. Tracing the evolution of our present-day system, he gives us excerpts from the actual records of such trials as that of young William Penn, arrested for preaching Quaker beliefs in public; the Salem witch trials; and the landmark civil rights trial of 18th century newspaper publisher John Peter Zenger, whose attorney was the original "Philadelphia lawyer." Along with these famous courtroom episodes are many never before described in print, all of them infused with the drama that gives life to the law. Dwyer's language is clear and engaging - a pleasant surprise for readers apprehensive about legal gobbledygook. He has a store of courtroom "war stories," some inspiring, some alarming, many enlivened by gleams of the author's wry humor. Underlying that humor, however, is the judge's fear that the jury system is endangered by neglect and misunderstanding, and could be lost without the public being aware of what is happening. The book shows that despite much adverse publicity, the American jury still works capably, at times brilliantly, when given a fair chance by the legal professionals who run trials. Consequently, the author deals with what has gone wrong with American litigation, the controversy over the jury's competence and integrity, and trial and pretrial reforms that must be made to save trial by jury and reshape American litigation in the twenty-first century.
Download or read book Famous Cases written by Brian P. Block and published by Waterside Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of some of the most famous cases in English law - with an explantion of how they changed things - by two leading commentators. Every UK lawyer knows of Woolmington v. Director of Public Prosecutions, the ruling which established the ëgolden thread of English lawí whereby the burden of proof lies with the prosecutor in a criminal trial, even in the case of murder. But who was ëWoolmingtoní and how many people know that he escaped the death penalty at the eleventh hour, or that he was twice tried for murder? ëLords give man back his lifeí as the Western Gazette put it. Likewise, in the civil law, how and why did a Mrs. Donoghue come to be drinking a bottle of ginger beer containing the remnants of a snail, an event which would ultimately determine ñ at the highest level - that ëthe categories of negligence are never closedí? And how did the tranquil market town of Wednesbury come to be legal shorthand for ëunreasonablenessí. In Famous Cases: Nine Trials that Changed the Law the authors have painstakingly assembled the background to a selection of leading cases in English law. From the Mareva case (synonymous with a type of injunction) to Lord Denningís classic ruling in the High Trees House case (the turning point for equitable estoppel) to that of the former Chilean head of state General Pinochet (in which the House of Lords heard the facts a second time) the authors offer a refreshing perspective to whet the appetite of every law student, general reader or seasoned practitioner interested in how English law evolves.
Download or read book Judicial Crimes written by Edgar Sanderson and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Famous Trials of History written by Frederick Edwin Smith Earl of Birkenhead and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book World famous Trials written by Charles Franklin and published by . This book was released on 1966 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Famous Judges and Famous Trials Etc With Portraits written by Charles KINGSTON (pseud.) and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Tough Cases written by Russell Canan and published by The New Press. This book was released on 2018-09-25 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Tough Cases stands out as a genuine revelation. . . . Our most distinguished judges should follow the lead of this groundbreaking volume.” —Justin Driver, The Washington Post A rare and illuminating view of how judges decide dramatic legal cases—Law and Order from behind the bench—including the Elián González, Terri Schiavo, and Scooter Libby cases Prosecutors and defense attorneys have it easy—all they have to do is to present the evidence and make arguments. It's the judges who have the heavy lift: they are the ones who have to make the ultimate decisions, many of which have profound consequences on the lives of the people standing in front of them. In Tough Cases, judges from different kinds of courts in different parts of the country write about the case that proved most difficult for them to decide. Some of these cases received international attention: the Elián González case in which Judge Jennifer Bailey had to decide whether to return a seven-year-old boy to his father in Cuba after his mother drowned trying to bring the child to the United States, or the Terri Schiavo case in which Judge George Greer had to decide whether to withdraw life support from a woman in a vegetative state over the wishes of her parents, or the Scooter Libby case about appropriate consequences for revealing the name of a CIA agent. Others are less well-known but equally fascinating: a judge on a Native American court trying to balance U.S. law with tribal law, a young Korean American former defense attorney struggling to adapt to her new responsibilities on the other side of the bench, and the difficult decisions faced by a judge tasked with assessing the mental health of a woman who has killed her own children. Relatively few judges have publicly shared the thought processes behind their decision making. Tough Cases makes for fascinating reading for everyone from armchair attorneys and fans of Law and Order to those actively involved in the legal profession who want insight into the people judging their work.
Download or read book I Dissent written by Mark Tushnet and published by Beacon Press. This book was released on 2008-06-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For the first time, a collection of dissents from the most famous Supreme Court cases If American history can truly be traced through the majority decisions in landmark Supreme Court cases, then what about the dissenting opinions? In issues of race, gender, privacy, workers' rights, and more, would advances have been impeded or failures rectified if the dissenting opinions were in fact the majority opinions? In offering thirteen famous dissents-from Marbury v. Madison and Brown v. Board of Education to Griswold v. Connecticut and Lawrence v. Texas, each edited with the judges' eloquence preserved-renowned Supreme Court scholar Mark Tushnet reminds us that court decisions are not pronouncements issued by the utterly objective, they are in fact political statements from highly intelligent but partisan people. Tushnet introduces readers to the very concept of dissent in the courts and then provides useful context for each case, filling in gaps in the Court's history and providing an overview of the issues at stake. After each case, he considers the impact the dissenting opinion would have had, if it had been the majority decision. Lively and accessible, I Dissent offers a radically fresh view of the judiciary in a collection that is essential reading for anyone interested in American history.
Download or read book Famous Judges Lawyers and Cases of Bombay written by Phirozeshah Bejanji Vachha and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gideon s Trumpet written by Anthony Lewis and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-09-14 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The classic bestseller from a two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist that tells the compelling true story of one man's fight for the right to legal counsel for every defendent. A history of the landmark case of Clarence Earl Gideon's fight for the right to legal counsel. Notes, table of cases, index. The classic backlist bestseller. More than 800,000 sold since its first pub date of 1964.
Download or read book The Trial of Professor John White Webster written by John White Webster and published by . This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Trial For The Murder On November 23, 1849, Of Dr. George Parkman, Held At Boston, March 19th To April 1st, 1850, In The Supreme Judicial Court Of Massachusetts.
Download or read book Courtroom written by Quentin James Reynolds and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
