1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910716981903321

Titolo

From Miranda to Gideon : a call for pretrial reform : hearing before the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Sixteenth Congress, first session, Friday, March 26, 2021

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington : , : U.S. Government Publishing Office, , 2021

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (iv, 255 pages)

Soggetti

Pre-trial procedure - United States

Right to counsel - United States

Self-incrimination - United States

Confession (Law) - United States

Police questioning - United States

Legislative hearings.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Serial no. 117-16."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910960536403321

Autore

Williams Dick

Titolo

The anxious city : English urbanism in the late twentieth century / / Richard J. Williams

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : Routledge, 2004

ISBN

0-415-27927-5

1-134-46742-7

1-280-06283-5

0-203-49097-5

1-134-46743-5

1-283-96379-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (293 p.)

Disciplina

307.7609420904

Soggetti

Cities and towns - England - History - 20th century

Urban policy

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; The Anxious City; Copyright Page; Contents; Illustration credits; Foreword; Acknowledgements; 1. The anxious city; 2. The picturesque city; 3. The free city; 4. The mediterranean city; 5. The city in ruins; 6. The architecture of civility; 7. 'America, E14'; 8. The museum, the city and the space of flows; 9. The spectacle of pleasure; 10. Staging the city; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the Western world, cities have arguably never been more anxious: practical anxieties about personal safety and metaphysical anxieties about the uncertain place of the city in culture are the small change of journalism and political debate. Cities have long been regarded as problems, in need of drastic solutions. In this context, the contemporary revival of city centres is remarkable. But in a culture that largely fears the urban, how can the contemporary city be imagined? How is it supposed to be used or inhabited? What does it mean? Taking England since WWII as its principal focus, this pr