Kategoria BISAC: Law >> Civil Procedure

As gang violence continues to rise across the country and the world, police departments, prosecutors, and community members are seeking new methods to reduce the spread of gang-related criminal activity. Civil gang injunctions have become a growing feature of crime control programs in several states across the nation. Gang Injunctions and Abatement: Using Civil Remedies to Curb Gang-Related Crimes examines the effectiveness of this strategy and explores the accompanying constitutional controversies related to freedom of speech, assembly, and other rights.

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Alternative Formen der Streitbeilegung etablieren sich zunehmend. In Arzthaftungssachen gehoren die Verfahren vor den bei den Arztekammern angesiedelten Gutachterkommissionen und Schlichtungsstellen mittlerweile zum Standardrepertoire der Konfliktlosungsmoglichkeiten. Die Zweckdienlichkeit der Mediation bei Storungen im Arzt-Patient-Verhaltnis ist bislang jedoch kaum thematisiert worden und entsprechend wenig geklart. Die vorliegende Schrift stellt sich erstmalig der Aufgabe einer umfassenden Untersuchung. Sie stellt die Konfliktpotentiale dieser besonderen Beziehung eingehend dar und...

This comprehensive new volume on psychology and the law is an essential reference for students and professionals. It offers the most up-to-date information on issues such as malpractive, confidentiality, jury selection, punishment, competency, and the right to refuse treatment.

Two well-known professionals, a lawyer and a clinical psychologist, have teamed up to write this judiciously balanced, clearly presented, and accessible guide to an ever more complex subject. they answer such questions as: What does a lie detector test really tell you? Can law enforcement officials use...

Seit dem Inkrafttreten der FGG-Reform zum 1. September 2009 haben sich wiederum zahlreiche Anderungen des Kostenrechts der streitigen Gerichtsbarkeiten ergeben, die eine Neuauflage erforderlich machten. Das bewahrte Standardwerk zum Kostenrecht enthalt die Kommentierung zum GKG sowie zum FamGKG mit Kostenverzeichnis und Auslagen. Die Neuauflage befindet sich auf dem Bearbeitungsstand Juli 2011.

Intended for use in courses on law and society, as well as courses in women 's and gender studies, women and politics, and women and the law, this book explores different questions in different North American and European geographical jurisdictions and courts, demonstrating the value of a gender analysis of courts, judges, law, institutions, organizations, and, ultimately, politics. Gender and Judging argues empirically for both more women and more feminists on the bench, while demonstrating that achieving these two aims are independent projects.

Courts and Federalism examines recent developments in the judicial review of federalism in the United States, Australia, and Canada. Gerald Baier argues that the judicial review of Canadian federalism is under-investigated by political scientists. New institutionalist literature in political science suggests that courts matter as sites of governmental conflict and that they rely on processes of reasoning and decision making that can be distinguished from the political. Baier proposes that the idea of judicial doctrine is necessary to a better understanding of judicial reasoning,...

Legal Architecture addresses how the environment of the trial can be seen as a physical expression of our relationship with ideals of justice. It provides an alternative account of the trial, which charts the troubled history of notions of due process and participation. In contrast to visions of judicial space as neutral, Linda Mulcahy argues that understanding the factors that determine the internal design of the courthouse and courtroom are crucial to a broader and more nuanced understanding of the trial. Partitioning of the courtroom into zones and the restriction of movement...

Part autobiography, part thought piece, part references, the book takes an insightful look at the experience and cases of renowned paediatrician and forensic expert witness Dr. Charles Ferguson. The book presents the interaction of science and law as it applies, specifically, the Canadian courts, but the justice process as a whole. Dr. Ferguson's experience--from a scientist and medical professional's perspective--in dealing with lawyers, judges, and the process of testifying in numerous court--offers a unique glimpse into how the two worlds of science and law don't always mesh. In some...