This title chronicles the transformation of the United States Circuit Courts; considers the merits and dangers of continued truncating procedures; catalogues and responds to the array of specious arguments against increasing the size of the judiciary; and considers several ways …
This study examines how the ancient Greeks decided questions of justice as a key to understanding the intersection of our moral and political lives. Combining contemporary political philosophy with historical, literary, and philosophical texts, it examines a series of remarkable…
"This book explores the tension between law's need for and dependence on merciful judgments and suspicions that regularly accompany them"--Résumé de l'éditeur. "Merciful Judgments in Contemporary Society: Legal Problems/Legal Possibilities explores the tension between law's nee…
"The results of their national study will surprise man legislative and youth service policy professionals. Agency characteristics, service delivery patterns, and youth clients can indeed reflect the treatment, deterrence, and normalization rationales, but in ways that have littl…
Using the court records of the Niagara District, one of the richest sets of criminal court records surviving from Upper Canada, the author explores how far local characteristics affected the operation of a criminal justice system transplanted from England. His analysis includes:…
Tyler conducted a longitudinal study of 1,575 Chicago inhabitants to determine why people obey the law. His findings show that the law is obeyed primarily because people believe in respecting legitimate authority, not because they fear punishment. The author concludes that lawma…
This book examines a number of well-known cases of wrongful conviction in Canada, showing that these convictions are not always due to “unintended errors”, but can also be the result of systemic biases within the criminal justice system which weigh the scales strongly against mi…
"How can Aboriginal justice be practically implemented in ways that go beyond sentencing initiatives and parallels to restorative justice? Aboriginal Justice and the Charter explores the tension between Aboriginal justice methods and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, …
La justice et le droit en France vus par un avocat célèbre, sous forme de dictionnaire. Pour J. Vergès, la justice et les juges oublient la faiblesse de la condition humaine et s'enferment trop souvent dans une position hiératique et insensible.
Róisín Mulgrew explores and reconceptualises the way in which international punishment is implemented.
As the United States celebrates the nation's "triumph over race" with the election of Barack Obama, the majority of young black men in major American cities are locked behind bars or have been labeled felons for life. Although Jim Crow laws have been wiped off the books, an asto…
The author considers the growth and development of the ostensibly apolitical Department of Justice in the eleven years after the union of 1867. Drawing on legal records and other archival documents, he details the complex interactions between law and politics, exploring how expe…
