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Tanay Emanuel |
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Titolo |
American legal injustice : behind the scenes with an expert witness / / Emanuel Tanay ; foreword by Robert I. Simon |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Lanham, MD, : J. Aronson, c2010 |
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ISBN |
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1-283-21380-X |
9786613213808 |
0-7657-0777-2 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (195 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Soggetti |
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Criminal justice, Administration of - United States |
Forensic psychiatry - United States |
Forensic psychiatrists - United States |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I: Law Under Scrutiny; Chapter 1: The Roots of Injustice; Chapter 2: Science and the Law; Chapter 3: The Litiga oocess-- Part II: guilty unless proven innocent-- Chapter 4: The Cause and Mode of Death-- Chapter 5: A Killing Is a Killing Is a Killing-Unless It Isn't-- Chapter 6: Ted Bundy-- Chapter 7: Innocent and on Death Row-- Chapter 8: The Sam Sheppard Saga-- Chapter 9: The Legacy of the John Hinckley, Jr., Verdict-- Chapter 10: Jack Ruby and Lee Harvey Oswald-- Chapter 11: Anrea Yates-- Epilogue-- About t |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Forensic psychiatrist Emanuel Tanay has testified in thousands of court cases as an expert witness. Tanay provides a 'behind-the-scenes' view of our criminal justice system and clear examples of the rampant injustice that he has witnessed. He argues that the potential for injustice is built into our legal system in the form of incompetent lawyers, the imbalance of resources between the pricey defense lawyers hired by large corporations in civil trials and the inexperienced lawyers often hired by plaintiffs, and the political concerns of elected judges and prosecutors. |
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