Best Book of 2020, National Law Journal The inspiring and previously untold history of the women considered-but not selected-for the US Supreme Court In 1981, Sandra Day O'Connor became the first female justice on the United States Supreme Court after centuries of male appointments, a watershed moment in the long struggle for gender ......
Race, Gender, and Science in Sexual Assault Adjudication
"This book reveals the human and social costs of sexual assault prosecution when courts rely on forensic science and medico-legal technologies that reproduce rape myths, inequality, and racial injustice under the guise of scientific authority"--
A Guide to Subpoenas, Depositions, Testifying, and Everything Else You N
Interacting with the legal system can be stressful and intimidating for mental health professionals. This trusted book provides user-friendly strategies to help clinicians prepare for testimony in court and other legal proceedings. Using vivid case scenarios, the author explains legal terms and offers practical suggestions for avoiding pitfalls ......
The United States Supreme Court is commonly thought to be an institution far removed from American public opinion. Yet nearly two-thirds of modern Supreme Court decisions reflect popular attitudes. Comparing over 500 Supreme Court decisions with timely nationwide poll questions since the mid-1930s, Thomas R. Marshall shows that most Supreme Court ......
The Causes of Effective Corruption Prosecution in Italy
This book explores the causes of prosecutorial independence and effectiveness against systemic corruption through an examination of the conditions leading to the Italian "Clean Hands" operation's unprecedented success. In 1992, Italian prosecutors uncovered a decades-long corruption system cutting across regions and levels of government. The Clean ......
Improving Criminal Justice Outcomes by Transforming Decision-Making
The Crisis in America's Criminal Courts highlights a variety of problems that judges, prosecutors, and public defenders face within a criminal justice system that is ineffective, unfair, and extraordinarily expensive. While many argue, and I agree, that crushing caseloads and court dockets certainly qualify as a crisis, I suggest there is a much ......
How Judges Decide Asylum Claims and Asylum Rights of Unaccompanied Minor
This book presents a gripping analysis of the hidden factors that affect the asylum claims and rights of unaccompanied minors in the US. This book reveals how politics, economics, and social pressures shape the decisions of immigration judges and how federal courts respond to policies impacting these vulnerable minors.
This book explores the legal, ethical, and policy issues arising from self-representation in America's courts and acts as a useful guide for lawyers, judges, and for self-represented litigants themselves who face the complexity of litigation alone.
How the Media Reacted to the Livestreaming of Supreme Court Oral Argumen
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the U.S. Supreme Court livestreamed their oral arguments for the first time, an unprecedented shift that allowed access to proceedings in real time to the news media and public, alike.
