Judicial Handbook on Environmental Law

Judicial Handbook on Environmental Law
Author: Dinah Shelton
Publisher: UNEP/Earthprint
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2005
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9280725556

"This handbook is intended to enable national judges in all types of tribunals in both civil law and common law jurisdictions to identify environmental issues coming before them and to be aware of the range of options available to them in interpreting and applying the law. It seeks to provide judges with a practical guide to basic environmental issues that are likely to arise in litigation. It includes information on international and comparative environmental law and references to relevant cases."--P. iii.

American Criminal Justice

American Criminal Justice
Author: Frederick T. Davis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 179
Release: 2019-07-25
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108493203

Provides a comprehensive, readable overview of how criminal justice actually works in the United States, and what makes US procedures distinctive and important.

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.

The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction

The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction
Author: Linda Greenhouse
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2012-02-13
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0199930066

For thirty years, Linda Greenhouse, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The U.S. Supreme Court: A Very Short Introduction, chronicled the activities of the justices as the Supreme Court correspondent for the New York Times. In this concise volume, she draws on her deep knowledge of the court's history as well as of its written and unwritten rules to show the reader how the Supreme Court really works.

Defining Drug Courts

Defining Drug Courts
Author: National Association of Drug Court Professionals. Drug Court Standards Committee
Publisher:
Total Pages: 40
Release: 1997
Genre: Drug courts
ISBN:

A Qualified Hope

A Qualified Hope
Author: Gerald N. Rosenberg
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 377
Release: 2019-08-29
Genre: Law
ISBN: 1108474500

Examines whether the Indian Supreme Court can produce progressive social change and improve the lives of the relatively disadvantaged.

Supreme But Not Infallible

Supreme But Not Infallible
Author: B. N. Kirpal
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2004
Genre: Courts
ISBN: 9780195672268

Volume to commemorate fifty years of Supreme Court of India; comprises articles on the working of the court.