Legal System: General

English is the dominant language of international business relations, and a good working knowledge of the language is essential for todays legal or...

The concept of learning to think like a lawyer is one of the cornerstones of legal education in the United States and beyond. In this book, Jeffrey...

Transnational Construction Arbitration addresses topical issues in the field of dispute resolution in construction contracts from an international ...

This comprehensive study examines the development and changing characteristics of the judicial system and reform process over the past three decade...

Addressing the relationship between law and the visual, this book examines the importance of photography in Central, East, and Southeast European s...

These are momentous times for the comparative analysis of judicial behaviour. Once the sole province of U.S. scholarsand mostly political scientist...

A prizewinning historian uncovers one of the earliest instances of reparations in Americaironically, though perhaps not surprisingly, paid to slave...

The chapters collected in this book explore the place and role of judge-made private law in an emerging European polity. Examining case-law from t...

Psychologists, psychiatrists, and other mental health professionals may be experts in their respective fields, but this expertise does not easily t...

Experts can be publicly embarrassed if they are ill-prepared, or do not understand their duties to the court. Many high-profile miscarriages of jus...

Trusted by generations of students and litigators, A Practical Approach to Civil Procedure is a classic text which guides you through the maze of p...

This volume explores an understudied aspect of courts: The extent to which informal institutions and relational networks (e.g., professional, clien...

Each year, the Supreme Court of the United States announces new rulings with deep consequences for our lives. This sixth volume in Palgraves SCOTUS...

A controversial argument for reconsidering the limits of free speech Swirling in the midst of the resurgence of neo-Nazi demonstrations, hate spe...

This book draws on the authors professional experience and published works in the areas of leadership, philosophy, psychology and management (among...

This book draws on the authors professional experience and published works in the areas of leadership, philosophy, psychology and management (among...

President George W. Bush nominated Leslie H. Southwick in 2007 to the federal appeals court, Fifth Circuit, based in New Orleans. Initially, Southw...

A full trial has become an uncommon phenomenon in many legal systems, replaced largely by promotion of settlement and plea-bargaining. This book u...

Courts, regulatory tribunals, and international bodies are often seen as a last line of defense for environmental protection. Governmental bodies a...

Courts, regulatory tribunals, and international bodies are often seen as a last line of defense for environmental protection. Governmental bodies a...

For 30 years, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Linda Greenhouse chronicled the activities of the U.S. Supreme Court and its justices as a correspo...