Persuasion: Getting to the Other Side categorizes the arguments that lawyers use in debates about ambiguous or contested legal questions. It also explains how judges justify their decisions about what the law should be when the case involves competing values and there are plausible arguments on both sides.
The negotiation of a disposition in a criminal case is a very human process. This book examines the law of plea bargaining without ever losing sight of this critical perspective.
Policing in a Diverse Society provides an in-depth look at historical events that have shaped the thinking of both minority groups and law enforcement officers.
This book covers the three key areas of the international dimension of policing: comparative policing and the creation of international “good practice” cooperative efforts to respond to emerging transnational and international crime threats; and peace operations and capacity building in post-conflict and transitional societies.
Poverty Law and Advocacy in America: Readings and Materials begins by engaging students in thinking about what it is like to be poor and questioning commonly held conceptions about the poor.
Written by two litigators-turned-professors with more than forty years of combined experience in nationwide complex litigation, Practicing Civil Discovery is a nuanced, practice-focused simulation resource for learning the process of civil discovery.
Author(s): James A.R. Nafziger (Author) , Ved Nanda (Author) , Anastasia (Author)
Publisher:
Carolina Academic Press
ISBN: 9781531008499
This coursebook sets new directions in the conflict-of-laws field by integrating and striking a balance between interstate and international materials.
Probation, Parole, and Community Corrections Work in Theory and Practice is a comprehensive examination of probation, parole, and other correctional practices that are alternatives to incarceration.