Legal accents, legal borrowing [[electronic resource] ] : the international problem-solving court movement / / James L. Nolan, Jr

• Autore: Nolan James L., Jr.
• Pubblicazione: Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2009
• Edizione: Course Book
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (263 p.)
• Disciplina: 345/.05
• Soggetto topico: Criminal justice, Administration of; Dispute resolution (Law); Alternative convictions; Restorative justice; Law - American influences
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Problem solving and courts of law -- Law and culture in comparative perspective -- Anglo-American alternatives : England and the United States -- Commonwealth contrasts : Canada and Australia -- Devolution and difference : Scotland and Ireland -- American exceptionalism -- Ambivalent anti-Americanism -- Building confidence, justifying justice.
• Sommario/riassunto: A wide variety of problem-solving courts have been developed in the United States over the past two decades and are now being adopted in countries around the world. These innovative courts--including drug courts, community courts, domestic violence courts, and mental health courts--do not simply adjudicate offenders. Rather, they attempt to solve the problems underlying such criminal behaviors as petty theft, prostitution, and drug offenses. Legal Accents, Legal Borrowing is a study of the international problem-solving court movement and the first comparative analysis of the development of these courts in the United States and the other countries where the movement is most advanced: England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, and Australia. Looking at the various ways in which problem-solving courts have been taken up in these countries, James Nolan finds that while importers often see themselves as adapting the American courts to suit local conditions, they may actually be taking in more aspects of American law and culture than they realize or desire. In the countries that adopt them, problem-solving courts may in fact fundamentally challenge traditional ideas about justice. Based on ethnographic research in all six countries, the book examines these cases of legal borrowing for what they reveal about legal and cultural differences, the inextricable tie between law and culture, the processes of globalization, the unique but contested global role of the United States, and the changing face of law and justice around the world.
• Titolo autorizzato: Legal accents, legal borrowing
• ISBN: 1-4008-3079-6; 1-283-05797-2; 9786613057976
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910464295403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II