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" Law and courts : "
[edited by] George Ackerman.
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BL
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979354
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b733724
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Law and courts : : current perspectives from InfoTrac /\ [edited by] George Ackerman.
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Belmont, CA :: Wadsworth,, ©2011.
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ix, 295 pages ;; 24 cm
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0495912336
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: 9780495912330
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Includes bibliographical references.
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| Contents
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Part I: Overview of law and courts. Redefining criminal courts: problem-solving and the meaning of justice / James L. Nolan Jr. ; Conference report: New York City's criminal courts: are we achieving justice? / Martha Rayner ; The criminalization of poverty / Kaaryn Gustafson. -- Part II: Courts, crime and controversy. When procedure trumps justice / Bennett L. Gershman ; Investigating the "CSI effect" effect: media and litigation crisis in criminal law / Simon A. Cole, Rachel Dioso-Villa. -- Part III: Law and crime. Crime data / The Federal Bureau of Investigation ; Internet fraud on the rise: spike in internet crime complaints concerns U.S. law enforcement / Cynthia G. Wagner ; Deterrence in a sea of "just desserts": are utilitarian goals achievable in a world of "limiting retributivism?" / Matthew Haist. -- Part IV: Federal and state courts. Threats to the rule of law: state courts, public expectations and political attitudes / Margaret H. Marshall ; Getting terror's number / James R. Roth. -- Part V: Civil law. Changes are enough to create standing / Leo Strupczewski. -- Part VI: Criminal courts: prosecutors and defense attorneys. Prosecutor's errors bring new trial on 1993 verdict / Joel Stashenko ; Drawing the line: court looks again at how much immunity prosecutors have / John Gibeaut ; Fashioning a top career: prosecutor's memoir details work from Watergate to the 9/11 probe / Barbara Rose ; "A prosecutor is a lawyer with convictions" / Joseph I. Cassilly.
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Courts-- United States.
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Justice, Administration of-- United States.
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Courts.
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Justice, Administration of.
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United States.
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KF8700.L375 2011
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Ackerman, George.
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