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Helps students understand the human side of the Supreme Court's decisions from the early republic to the present. Each biographical profile includes a discussion about the Court decision and how the specific legal issues evolved into great constitutional questions and drama.

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Amicus curiae participation in international courts is steadily growing since the late 1990 despite lack of clarity on the concept's nature, function and utility in international dispute settlement. Does amicus curiae infuse international judicial proceedings with alternative views, including the public interest in a case, as often advocated by NGOs? Does it increase the legitimacy and transparency of international dispute settlement, or the coherence of international law? Or is it an unhelpful impostor that impedes negotiated solutions and derails the proceedings at the expense of the parties to advance its own agenda? By way of an empirical-comparative analysis of the laws and practices of the ICJ, the ITLOS, the ECtHR, the IACtHR, the IACtHPR, WTO panels and the Appellate Body, and investment arbitration the dissertation examines the status quo of amicus curiae before international courts and tribunals to determine if the current amicus curiae practice is of added value to international proceedings and international dispute settlement in general. The dissertation shows that there is no common concept of international amicus curiae, but that amicus curiae before the international courts examined share a few characteristics. A proposed functional systematization highlights overlaps and diverging uses of the concept before international courts and helps scholars and practitioners to assess the opportunities and limits of the concept. Analysis of the concept's current regulatory framework and its substantive effectiveness reveals a hesitation in particular by courts with a strong adversarial tradition to take into account the views of a non-party despite the positive experience with the concept in regional human rights courts. The dissertation concludes that neither the expectations nor the concerns attached to amicus curiae participation in international proceedings have materialized. It argues that the concept can contribute to improved decisions and decision-making in international dispute settlement if regulated and used properly.

Amici curiae. --- International courts --- International tribunals --- Tribunals, International --- Courts --- Jurisdiction (International law) --- Amici curiae --- Friends of the court --- Parties to actions --- Law and legislation --- Law --- General

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As both an attorney and a librarian, Healy's background makes him uniquely qualified to advise library staff on providing users with the legal information they seek.

Legal research --- Pro se representation --- Librarians --- Information scientists --- Library employees --- Libraries --- In propria persona --- Lay lawyers --- Litigants in person --- Pro persona --- Representation, Pro se --- Parties to actions --- Practice of law --- Representation in administrative proceedings --- Right to counsel --- Services for

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"his book is based on a report submitted to the European Parliament, whose aim was to provide a comparative analysis of legal provisions, doctrine and case-law on locus standi before civil, administrative and criminal courts of some selected legal systems and before the EU courts. Apart from the EU legal system, the study focuses on the legal systems of nine Member States of the European Union (Belgium; England and Wales; France; Germany; Hungary; Italy; Netherlands; Poland; Sweden) and the legal system of one non-EU Member State (Turkey). On the basis of the findings, a conclusive chapter stresses the congruities and differences between the legal standing criteria in the Member States, on the one hand, and before the EU Courts, on the other. Moreover, the findings with regard to the different fields of law in the Member States are compared. On the basis of a thorough analysis of the status quo in the EU and Member States legal systems, recommendations have also been developed, including suggestions on the possible improvements to the standing requirements in the EU and national legal systems."--Publisher

Comparative law --- Criminal law. Criminal procedure --- Tort and negligence --- European Union --- Locus standi --- Parties to action --- Parties (Procédure civile) --- Droit comparé --- Actions et défenses --- Parties (procédure) --- Procédure (droit européen) --- Parties (Procédure civile) --- Droit comparé --- Standing in court --- Parties to actions --- Procedure (Law) --- European Union countries

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Amici curiae --- Legislators --- Congressmen --- Congresswomen --- Members of Congress (United States) --- Members of Congress (United States House of Representatives) --- Members of Congress (United States Senate) --- Representatives in Congress (United States) --- Senators (United States) --- Friends of the court --- Parties to actions --- Law and legislation --- United States. --- Supreme Court (U.S.) --- Chief Justice of the United States --- Supreme Court of the United States --- 美國. --- Membership. --- Amicus curiae