Anyone who has sat on a jury or followed a high-profile trial on television usually comes to the realization that a trial, particularly a criminal trial, is really a performance. Verdicts seem determined as much by which lawyer can best connect with the hearts and minds of the jurors as by what the evidence might suggest. In this celebration of the American trial as a great cultural achievement, Robert Burns, a trial lawyer and a trained philosopher, explores how these legal proceedings bring about justice. The trial, he reminds us, is not confined to the impartial application of legal...
Anyone who has sat on a jury or followed a high-profile trial on television usually comes to the realization that a trial, particularly a criminal ...
Business Research Methods and Statistics Using SPSS provides a simple, easy to follow, and non-mathematical approach to understanding and using quantitative methods and statistics. It is solidly grounded in the context of business and management research, enabling students to appreciate the practical applications of the techniques and procedures explained. The book is comprehensive in its coverage, including discussion of the business context, statistical analysis of data, survey methods, and reporting and presenting research. A companion website also contains four extra chapters for the more...
Business Research Methods and Statistics Using SPSS provides a simple, easy to follow, and non-mathematical approach to understanding and using quanti...
In "The Death of the American Trial," distinguished legal scholar Robert P. Burns makes an impassioned case for reversing the rapid decline of the trial before we lose one of our public culture s greatest achievements. As a practice that is adapted for modern times yet rooted in ancient wisdom, the trial is uniquely suited to balance the tensions between idealism and realism, experts and citizens, contextual judgment and reliance on rules that define American culture. Arguing that many observers make a grave mistake by taking a complacent or even positive view of the trial s demise, Burns...
In "The Death of the American Trial," distinguished legal scholar Robert P. Burns makes an impassioned case for reversing the rapid decline of the ...
"The Trial" is actually closer to reality than fantasy as far as the client s perception of the system. It s supposed to be a fantastic allegory, but it s reality. It s very important that lawyers read it and understand this. Justice Anthony Kennedy famously offered this assessment of the Kafkaesque character of the American criminal justice system in 1993. While Kafka s vision of the Law in "The Trial" appears at first glance to be the antithesis of modern American legal practice, might the characteristics of this strange and arbitrary system allow us to identify features of our own system...
"The Trial" is actually closer to reality than fantasy as far as the client s perception of the system. It s supposed to be a fantastic allegory, but ...
