Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution (2007- )
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capital punishment
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
The Adequacy of Representation in Capital Cases
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on the Constitution (2007- )
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capital punishment
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Capital punishment
Languages : en
Pages : 152
Book Description
Litigating in the Shadow of Death
Author: Welsh S. White
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 047206911X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
An absorbing account of the ways in which defense attorneys represent capital defendants, Litigating in the Shadow of Death brings to light the paramount role these attorneys have played in shaping the modern system of capital punishment. Author Welsh White explains how attorneys' skills and abilities influence the determination of which capital defendants are sentenced to death.
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
ISBN: 047206911X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 230
Book Description
An absorbing account of the ways in which defense attorneys represent capital defendants, Litigating in the Shadow of Death brings to light the paramount role these attorneys have played in shaping the modern system of capital punishment. Author Welsh White explains how attorneys' skills and abilities influence the determination of which capital defendants are sentenced to death.
Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781590318737
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Publisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781590318737
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Securing Reasonable Caseloads
Author: Norman Lefstein
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615543765
Category : Legal assistance to the poor
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
For the criminal justice system to work, adequate resources must be available for police, prosecutors and public defense. This timely, incisive and important book by Professor Norman Lefstein looks carefully at one leg of the justice system's "three-legged stool"public defenseand the chronic overload of cases faced by public defenders and other lawyers who represent the indigent. Fortunately, the publication does far more than bemoan the current lack of adequate funding, staffing and other difficulties faced by public defense systems in the U.S. and offers concrete suggestions for dealing with these serious issues.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780615543765
Category : Legal assistance to the poor
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
For the criminal justice system to work, adequate resources must be available for police, prosecutors and public defense. This timely, incisive and important book by Professor Norman Lefstein looks carefully at one leg of the justice system's "three-legged stool"public defenseand the chronic overload of cases faced by public defenders and other lawyers who represent the indigent. Fortunately, the publication does far more than bemoan the current lack of adequate funding, staffing and other difficulties faced by public defense systems in the U.S. and offers concrete suggestions for dealing with these serious issues.
End of Its Rope
Author: Brandon Garrett
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674970993
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
An awakening -- Inevitability of innocence -- Mercy vs. justice -- The great American death penalty decline -- The defense lawyering effect -- Murder insurance -- The other death penalty -- The execution decline -- End game -- The triumph of mercy
Publisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674970993
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 343
Book Description
An awakening -- Inevitability of innocence -- Mercy vs. justice -- The great American death penalty decline -- The defense lawyering effect -- Murder insurance -- The other death penalty -- The execution decline -- End game -- The triumph of mercy
Beyond Repair?
Author: Stephen P. Garvey
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822330431
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Can the death penalty be administered in a just way - without executing the innocent, without regard to race, and without arbitrariness? All new, the essays in this collection focus on the period since 1976.
Publisher: Duke University Press
ISBN: 9780822330431
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Can the death penalty be administered in a just way - without executing the innocent, without regard to race, and without arbitrariness? All new, the essays in this collection focus on the period since 1976.
Report
Author: United States. Congress Senate
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2630
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 2630
Book Description
The Oxford Handbook of Sentencing and Corrections
Author: Joan Petersilia
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190241446
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 777
Book Description
This handbook surveys American sentencing and corrections from global and historical views, from theoretical and policy perspectives, and with attention to a number of problem-specific issues.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190241446
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 777
Book Description
This handbook surveys American sentencing and corrections from global and historical views, from theoretical and policy perspectives, and with attention to a number of problem-specific issues.
United States Attorneys' Manual
Author: United States. Department of Justice
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Justice, Administration of
Languages : en
Pages : 720
Book Description
The Right to Counsel in American Courts
Author: William Beaney
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780472750191
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Right to Counsel in American Courts is the first detailed treatment of all aspects of this vital right as extended in theory and practice by state and federal courts. Addressed primarily to students of constitutional law and of the administration of justice, it is also a valuable tool for practicing lawyers because of its thoughtful organization and wealth of citations.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780472750191
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Right to Counsel in American Courts is the first detailed treatment of all aspects of this vital right as extended in theory and practice by state and federal courts. Addressed primarily to students of constitutional law and of the administration of justice, it is also a valuable tool for practicing lawyers because of its thoughtful organization and wealth of citations.