America's prophets : how judicial activism makes America great / / David R. Dow |
Autore | Dow David R. |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, CT : , : Praeger, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
Disciplina | 347.73/12 |
Soggetto topico |
Law
Courts & procedure |
ISBN |
979-84-00-61013-4
0-313-37708-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | What exactly is judicial activism? -- A short history of "activist" judges -- Griswold v. Connecticut and the rise of judicial prophecy -- Prophetic interpretation of biblical law -- The idea of American law -- Contemporary problems for the activist judge : race, religion, same-sex marriage, abortion, and euthanasia. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910780735403321 |
Dow David R. | ||
Westport, CT : , : Praeger, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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America's prophets : how judicial activism makes America great / / David R. Dow |
Autore | Dow David R. |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Westport, CT : , : Praeger, , 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (184 p.) |
Disciplina | 347.73/12 |
Soggetto topico |
Law
Courts & procedure |
ISBN |
979-84-00-61013-4
0-313-37708-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | What exactly is judicial activism? -- A short history of "activist" judges -- Griswold v. Connecticut and the rise of judicial prophecy -- Prophetic interpretation of biblical law -- The idea of American law -- Contemporary problems for the activist judge : race, religion, same-sex marriage, abortion, and euthanasia. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910813971303321 |
Dow David R. | ||
Westport, CT : , : Praeger, , 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Interdisciplinary legal studies [[electronic resource] ] : the next generation / / editor, Austin Sarat |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, UK, : Emerald, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (268 p.) |
Disciplina | 340.115 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SaratAustin |
Collana | Studies in law, politics and society |
Soggetto topico |
Sociological jurisprudence
Law and the social sciences Law & society Courts & procedure Law - General Law - Trial Practice |
ISBN |
1-282-52624-3
9786612526244 1-84950-751-1 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | "Hybrid" justice at the Special Court for Sierra Leone / Sara Kendall -- Surviving property : resistance against urban housing nationalization during the transformation to communism (Romania, 1950-1965) / Mihaela Serban Rosen -- Disciplinary evolution of Turkish prisons, 1980s-1990s / Arda Ibikoglu -- "I'm Gonna Call My Lawyer" : shifting legal consciousness at the intersection of inequality / Diana Hernández -- A more global court? : a call for a new perspective on judicial globalization and its effect on the U.S. Supreme Court / Angela Narasimhan -- The sovereign city? : negotiating self-determination in an American military enclave / Erin E. Fitz-Henry -- Technique and technology in the kitchen : comparing resistance to municipal trans fat and foie gras bans / Michaela DeSoucey and David Schleifer -- Indigeneity : before and beyond the law / Kathleen Birrell. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910792414403321 |
Bingley, UK, : Emerald, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Legal aid and the future of access to justice / / Catrina Denvir, Jacqueline Kinghan, Jessica Mant and Daniel Newman |
Autore | Denvir Catrina |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford : , : Hart Publishing, , 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (303 pages) |
Disciplina | 347.42/017 |
Soggetto topico |
Justice, Administration of
Legal aid Courts & procedure Legal system: costs & funding |
ISBN |
1-5099-5781-2
1-5099-5782-0 1-5099-5783-9 9781509957828 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Table of Tables Table of Figures List of Abbreviations 1. Introduction 2. A Portrait of the Profession 3. Preparing for a Career in Legal Aid 4. Working Conditions in Legal Aid 5. Remuneration and Frees 6. Responding to Covid-19 7. Recruitment and Retention 8. Facing the Future of Legal Aid |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910735574703321 |
Denvir Catrina | ||
Oxford : , : Hart Publishing, , 2023 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Special issue [[electronic resource] ] : law firms, legal culture, and legal practice / / edited by Austin Sarat |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, U.K., : Emerald, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.2 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SaratAustin |
Collana | Studies in law, politics, and society |
Soggetto topico |
Law - Trial Practice
Law - General Law & society Courts & procedure Law offices Law firms Sociological jurisprudence |
ISBN |
1-282-79762-X
9786612797620 0-85724-358-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Measuring law firm culture / Elizabeth Chambliss -- Rejecting the culture of independence : corporate lawyers as committed to their clients / Robert Eli Rosen -- Law firm strategies for human capital : past, present, future -- William D. Henderson -- Taxes and death : the rise and demise of an American law firm / Milton C. Regan -- From policy to practice : assessing the effect of large law firm pro bono structure on pro bono commitment / Steven A. Boutcher -- If you become his second wife, you are a fool : shifting paradigms of the roles, perceptions, and working conditions of legal secretaries in large law firms / Felice Batlan -- Racial and ethnic minority representation in large U.S. law firms / Elizabeth H. Gorman, Fiona M. Kay. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910785241803321 |
Bingley, U.K., : Emerald, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Special issue : law firms, legal culture, and legal practice / / edited by Austin Sarat |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, U.K., : Emerald, 2010 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (248 p.) |
Disciplina | 306.2 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SaratAustin |
Collana | Studies in law, politics, and society |
Soggetto topico |
Law - Trial Practice
Law - General Law & society Courts & procedure Law offices Law firms Sociological jurisprudence |
ISBN |
1-282-79762-X
9786612797620 0-85724-358-6 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Measuring law firm culture / Elizabeth Chambliss -- Rejecting the culture of independence : corporate lawyers as committed to their clients / Robert Eli Rosen -- Law firm strategies for human capital : past, present, future -- William D. Henderson -- Taxes and death : the rise and demise of an American law firm / Milton C. Regan -- From policy to practice : assessing the effect of large law firm pro bono structure on pro bono commitment / Steven A. Boutcher -- If you become his second wife, you are a fool : shifting paradigms of the roles, perceptions, and working conditions of legal secretaries in large law firms / Felice Batlan -- Racial and ethnic minority representation in large U.S. law firms / Elizabeth H. Gorman, Fiona M. Kay. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910811613603321 |
Bingley, U.K., : Emerald, 2010 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Studies in law, politics, and society . Vol. 49 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Austin Sarat |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, UK, : Emerald, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (221 p.) |
Disciplina | 347.07 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SaratAustin |
Collana | Studies in law, politics, and society |
Soggetto topico |
Political sociology - Research
Political sociology - Research - United States Sociological jurisprudence - Research - United States Sociology - Research - United States Trial practice Practice of law Law & society Courts & procedure Law - Trial Practice |
ISBN |
1-282-45773-X
9786612457739 1-84950-616-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front cover; Studies in law, politics, and society; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Editorial board; Part I: Symposium: ""The Trial: Past, Present, Future""; Chapter 1. A critical appreciation of the American trial in (current) decline; The present; The past; The near future; The more distant future; Notes; References; Chapter 2. Stories from the jury room: How jurors use narrative to process evidence; Introduction; Published transcripts; A complete Arizona case; Conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgments; References
Chapter 3. ''We had never jumped fences before'': The city, the woman, and the drifter in the Yaakobowitz caseOn privacy; Three failed beginnings; The invasion of the private; A separate legal personality; Corroborating the woman's testimony; The woman in the public sphere; The flaneur and the city; Conclusion: The Yaakobowitz trial as a theater of boundaries; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4. A trial in the life of the environmental justice movement: USA v. Citgo; Introduction; Litigation in the environmental justice movement; Data and methods Social movement mobilization and criminal trialsGrassroots participation in criminal trials; When defendants are the ''haves''; Conclusions; Notes; References; Books and Journal Articles; CFEJ Trial Updates; Part II: General Articles; Chapter 5. Legalizing public reason: The American dream, same-sex marriage, and the management of radical disputes; Part I; Part II; Part III; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 6. Little monsters, wild animals, and welfare queens: Ronald Reagan and the legal constitution of American politics; Introduction ''The Age of Reagan'' and the Constitutive Power of LawRonald Reagan and the legal constitution of American politics; Conclusion - What would Reagan do?; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Cases Cited |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910778403903321 |
Bingley, UK, : Emerald, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Studies in law, politics, and society . Vol. 50 [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Austin Sarat |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Bingley, UK, : Emerald, 2009 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (217 p.) |
Disciplina | 340.115 |
Altri autori (Persone) | SaratAustin |
Collana | Studies in law, politics, and society |
Soggetto topico |
Political sociology - Research
Political sociology - Research - United States Sociological jurisprudence - Research - United States Sociology - Research - United States Law & society Courts & procedure Law - Trial Practice |
ISBN |
1-282-45762-4
9786612457623 1-84950-697-3 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Front cover; Studies in law, politics, and society; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Editorial board; Chapter 1. ''They come against them with the power of the Torah'': rabbinic reflections on legal fiction and legal agency; 1. Introduction; 2. The Sifra on Lev 24:10; 3. The Sanhedrin as oppressor: Lev. Rab. 32:8; 4. The motif of publicizing: Lev. Rab. 32:1-6a; 5. Legal fiction and legal agency: Lev. Rab. 32:6b-7a; 6. Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 2. From Paratroopers to Waltz with Bashir - The absence of law from Israeli war films; 1. Introduction
2. The first years3. Political cinema exclusive of law; 4. War films: Children in an enclave; 5. Why is law absent from Israeli cinema?; 6. Conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Filmography; Cases; Chapter 3. Shifting social norms: Genetic privacy and the spillover effect; 1. Introduction; 2. Brief overview of norms; 3. The new lead paint defense: A shadow norm emerges; 4. Contemporary considerations; 5. Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4. Punishment, purpose, and place: A case study of Arizona's prison siting decisions; Introduction Prison building as a regionally specified national phenomenonThe Arizona case study; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 5. Human, not too human: Why is mediation a profound alternative to the legal proceedings?; Authoritarianism and the modern world; The legal system as an authoritarian mechanism; The mediation alternative; Concluding remarks; Notes; References; Chapter 6. It takes all kinds: Observations from an event-centered approach to cause lawyering; Methods; The abortion conflict and activism-regulation cases; Observations; Conclusion; Notes; Acknowledgments ReferencesInterviews Cited; Cases Cited |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910781096303321 |
Bingley, UK, : Emerald, 2009 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Supreme Courts Under Nazi Occupation |
Autore | Venema Derk |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2023 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 electronic resource (342 p.) |
Collana | War, Conflict and Genocide Studies |
Soggetto topico |
Second World War
Courts & procedure Political structures: totalitarianism & dictatorship |
Soggetto non controllato | Judiciary, enemy occupation, second World War, National Socialism, collaboration |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910627228003321 |
Venema Derk | ||
Amsterdam, : Amsterdam University Press, 2023 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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