Court Reform, Phase II

Court Reform, Phase II
Author: Nova Scotia. Department of the Attorney General. Courts and Registries Division
Publisher:
Total Pages: 34
Release: 1993
Genre:
ISBN:

Four principles guided the court reform review: courts and public offices must be accessible; courts and public offices must operate in an efficient manner; the location of courts and public offices must be cost-effective; and there must be facilities which adequately meet the needs of all the users. This document presents recommendations to reorganize and restructure administrative support to the courts, and to reorganize public offices such as Registries of Deeds and Sheriffs.

Court Reform, Phase II

Court Reform, Phase II
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 34
Release: 1993
Genre:
ISBN:

Four principles guided the court reform review: courts and public offices must be accessible; courts and public offices must operate in an efficient manner; the location of courts and public offices must be cost-effective; and there must be facilities which adequately meet the needs of all the users. This document presents recommendations to reorganize and restructure administrative support to the courts, and to reorganize public offices such as Registries of Deeds and Sheriffs.

Court Reform

Court Reform
Author: Nova Scotia. Department of the Attorney General. Courts & Registries Division
Publisher:
Total Pages: 60
Release: 1993
Genre:
ISBN:

Model Rules of Professional Conduct

Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Author: American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Publisher: American Bar Association
Total Pages: 216
Release: 2007
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781590318737

The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Court Reform Act Impact on Correctional System

Court Reform Act Impact on Correctional System
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the District of Columbia. Subcommittee on Business, Commerce, and Judiciary
Publisher:
Total Pages: 512
Release: 1971
Genre: Criminal justice, Administration of
ISBN:

Fear of Judging

Fear of Judging
Author: Kate Stith
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 302
Release: 1998-10
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9780226774862

For two centuries, federal judges exercised wide discretion in criminal sentencing. In 1987 a complex bureaucratic apparatus termed Sentencing "Guidelines" was imposed on federal courts. FEAR OF JUDGING is the first full-scale history, analysis, and critique of the new sentencing regime, arguing that it sacrifices comprehensibility and common sense.

Trial of Modernity

Trial of Modernity
Author: Xiaoqun Xu
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Justice, Administration of
ISBN: 9780804755863

This book illuminates what judicial modernity actually meant to the Chinese state and society in the early twentieth century and how the judicial reform resulted in paradoxical consequences due to a lack of resources and a disjunction between the national reform agenda and local social ecology.