Judicial process: law, courts, and politics in the United States

JUDICIAL PROCESS combines detailed information about the structures and processes of the American judiciary with an insider's understanding of courthouse dynamics to show students how contemporary courts deliver justice. INDICE: 1. Law, Courts, and Politics.2. Law and Legal Systems.3. Federal Courts.4. State Courts.5. Lawyers and Legal Representation.6. Judges.7. Mobilizing the Law: Litigants, Interest Groups, Court Cases, and the Media.8. Trial Courts: The Preliminary Stages of Criminal Cases.9. Trial Courts: How Criminal Cases End: Bargaining and Sentencing.10. Trial Courts: How Civil Cases Begin.11. Trial Courts: How Civil Cases End.12. Trials and Juries.13. The Appellate Process.14. The Supreme Court: Deciding What to Decide.15. The Supreme Court: The Justices and Their Decisions.

• ISBN: 978-1-111-35756-6
• Editorial: South Western
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 576
• Fecha Publicación: 23/01/2012
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés