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Why is legal prose so hard to read? One reason is obvious: Legal writers rarely think about their audience. When legal writers account for the preferences and expectations of their readers, legal wr……続きを見る

More Floridians are turning to Small Claims Court as a simple and affordable way to resolve everyday disputes without hiring an attorney. Florida designed this court to be accessible and easy to nav……続きを見る

This eBook is a plain-English educational guide designed to help individuals better understand the general process of responding to a Small Claims case in Florida. Florida Small Claims Court handles……続きを見る

High courts around the world hold a revered place in the legal hierarchy. These courts are the presumed impartial final arbiters as individuals, institutions, and nations resolve their legal differe……続きを見る

These are momentous times for the comparative analysis of judicial behaviour. Once the sole province of U.S. scholarsーand mostly political scientists at thatーnow, researchers throughout the world,……続きを見る

Community Justice discusses concepts of community within the context of justice policy and programs and addresses the important relationship between the criminal justice system and the community in ……続きを見る

The U.S. Supreme Court, its decisions, and its nominating process for new justices are often in the news … but are just as often not well understood. Constitutional law professor David L. Hudson, Jr……続きを見る

Dealing with the injustice in the court system that affects those incarcerated, Mr. Woods gives us an up-close look at the life of a repeated felon, being that he has been in and out of the system s……続きを見る

What motivates political actors with diverging interests to respect the Supreme Court's authority? A popular answer is that the public serves as the guardian of judicial independence by punishing el……続きを見る

States in American Constitutionalism: Interpretation, Authority, and Politics examines the often overlooked role that states have played in the development and maintenance of American constitutional……続きを見る

Canadian environmental law is a dynamic and exciting area that is playing an increasingly important role in furthering sustainable development policy. Environmental law has distinctive relevant prin……続きを見る

Any court watcher knows that the Supreme Court of Canada delivers some of its major constitutional judgments in a “By the Court” format. The abandonment of the common law tradition of attributing de……続きを見る

This study proposes a theory of international arbitration culture, tests this theory against real-world outcomes, and uses it to make predictions about the contract law principles that international……続きを見る

Crime at El Escorial presents a comparative social and judicial analysis of an 1892 child murder, drawing from newspaper archives among other historical documents. D.J. Walker discusses the role of ……続きを見る

When an individual is accused of a crime he is provided, at least in theory, with numerous constitutional rights throughout the legal process. These constitutional rights, however, are soft and flex……続きを見る

Imagine a high impact, low profile, nonpartisan government institution located across the street from the White House. Imagine that it plays a central role in shaping our technology industries, in o……続きを見る