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Anyone who has sat on a jury or followed a high-profile trial on television usually comes to the realization that a trial, particularly a criminal trial, is really a performance. Verdicts seem determined as much by which lawyer can best connect with the hearts and minds of the jurors as by what the evidence might suggest. In this celebration of the American trial as a great cultural achievement, Robert Burns, a trial lawyer and a trained philosopher, explores how these legal proceedings bring about justice. The trial, he reminds us, is not confined to the impartial application of legal rules to factual findings. Burns depicts the trial as an institution employing its own language and styles of performance that elevate the understanding of decision-makers, bringing them in contact with moral sources beyond the limits of law. Burns explores the rich narrative structure of the trial, beginning with the lawyers' opening statements, which establish opposing moral frameworks in which to interpret the evidence. In the succession of witnesses, stories compete and are held in tension. At some point during the performance, a sense of the right thing to do arises among the jurors. How this happens is at the core of Burns's investigation, which draws on careful descriptions of what trial lawyers do, the rules governing their actions, interpretations of actual trial material, social science findings, and a broad philosophical and political appreciation of the trial as a unique vehicle of American self-government.
Law of civil procedure --- Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- Justice, Administration of --- Judicial process --- Trials
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A companion to Oxford's The Unpublished Opinions of the Warren Court, this book contains the draft opinions that were prepared by the Justices in the cases included, as well as a short historical preface of each case and an analysis of the legal events occurring after the drafts were sent to the Justices.
Judicial opinions --- Legal opinions --- Public law. Constitutional law --- Law of civil procedure --- Burger, W. --- United States --- United States of America
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This book is an important step forward in our understanding of courtroom discourse as it presents an analysis of closing arguments that has not previously been undertaken in such detail. Additionally, because previous research on all genres of discourse has tended to examine exclusion/inclusion and de-emphasis/emphasis as separate issues, rather than as steps on a continuum, and because this analysis demonstrates the ubiquity of these phenomena, this book has vital insights for the general field of discourse analysis.
Law of civil procedure --- Pragmatics --- Summation (Law) --- Forensic oratory. --- Trial practice --- Summation (Law). --- Trial practice. --- United States. --- Communication in law --- Forensics (Public speaking) --- Oratory --- Forensic orations
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Dealing with issues of how linguists first become and then represent themselves as experts, this book also talks about how they can manage the practice of consulting on law cases, how they can address important issues of professional ethics, and how they can work most effectively with lawyers.
Forensic linguistics --- Linguistics --- Linguistic science --- Science of language --- Language and languages --- Linguistics, Forensic --- Jurisprudence --- Law of civil procedure --- Pragmatics --- Sociolinguistics --- United States --- United States of America
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In What's Law Got to Do With It?, the nation's top legal scholars and political scientists examine to what extent the law actually shapes how judges behave and make decisions, and what it means for society at large. Although there is a growing consensus among legal scholars and political scientists, significant points of divergence remain. Contributors to this book explore ways to reach greater accord on the complexity and nuance of judicial decisionmaking and judicial elections, while acknowledging that agreement on what judges do is not likely to occur any time soon.
Judicial process --- Judges --- Law --- Acts, Legislative --- Enactments, Legislative --- Laws (Statutes) --- Legislative acts --- Legislative enactments --- Jurisprudence --- Legislation --- Political aspects --- Law of civil procedure --- United States --- United States of America
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This book provides a comprehensive analysis of how EU state aid law is shaping the future of EU investment policy in a global context. It examines in detail how EU state aid policy and practice interact with the EU investment regime on the internal market and affect the external trade relations of the Member States and the EU alike. The debate this book engages in concerns competence, i.e., which body delineates the scope of state aid law and policy (now and in the future) when and where it intersects and collides with another distinct legal field: investment protection. Pursuing a doctrinal approach to the topic in the light of EU law and international law, the book analyses the interaction of the EU's trade, state aid and investment policy. This is done by posing the following research question: How is EU state aid law shaping the future of EU investment policy in a global context? Further, the book puts forward three corresponding arguments. First, this influence can be seen in the EU's incorporation of clauses promoting fair competition and state aid policy in international trade agreements. Second, EU state aid law and policy contributed to recent internal developments which led the Member States to terminate their bilateral agreements with each other (intra-EU BITs) by the end of 2019. Third, the EU has been working to replace the BITs between its Member States and third countries (extra-EU BITs) with its own trade agreements, which are aligned with EU legislation. This combined analysis of EU law and international law yields a number of interesting conclusions. The book addresses a highly topical and rapidly evolving area of EU law and international investment law. It is also the first book to provide a comprehensive approach to the interplay of state aid rules and EU investment policy internally and externally, i.e., within the EU and on a global scale. As such, it closes an important gap in the extant literature on international and EU law. .
Foreign trade. International trade --- Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- Commercial law --- Law of civil procedure --- handelsrecht --- meditatie --- wereldeconomie --- conflictbemiddeling --- internationale economie --- Government aid.
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The book examines the development and application of mediation in China (including Hong Kong). As a popular mechanism for dispute resolution in Chinese history, mediation is believed to be an important process for realizing the official goal of social harmony. Following an overview of the current situation in mainland China and Hong Kong, the book looks into specific legal issues in the application of mediation and the practical use of mediation in specific lines of businesses. The book can serve as an important reference book on the law and practice of mediation in mainland China and Hong Kong for scholars, practitioners, as well as students of mediation and alternative dispute resolution. .
Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- Law of civil procedure --- Private law --- meditatie --- burgerlijk recht --- conflictbemiddeling --- gerechtelijk recht --- Dispute resolution (Law) --- History.
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International investment arbitration has been dubbed the “Antarctica” of international procedural law. This book explores international investment arbitration (IIA) using the searchlight of comparative analysis. Further, it provides answers to several questions, such as the role of ICJ judgments and WTO decisions as a source of inspiration for how proof and the burden of proof are approached in IIA. By investigating various evidence-related issues, the book also sheds light on overarching questions including the role of IIA as a subsystem of international economic law.
Legal theory and methods. Philosophy of law --- International law --- Commercial law --- Law of civil procedure --- meditatie --- internationaal recht --- conflictbemiddeling --- Investments, Foreign (International law) --- History.
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Law of civil procedure --- History of France --- anno 1700-1799 --- anno 1800-1899 --- Marseilles --- Law - Non-U.S. --- Law, Politics & Government --- Law - Europe, except U.K. --- révolution --- avocat --- politique --- Ancien Régime --- Marseille --- praticien
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This 2007 book assists the practitioner seeking to enforce a foreign judgment in the United States or a US-rendered judgment abroad in navigating the lack of procedural uniformity that exists and in planning strategies likely to ensure effective enforcement. As a handbook, it provides the practitioner with a framework and resources with which to approach and further research the laws of the relevant state or country. In Part One, the guide takes the practitioner chronologically through the process of obtaining a US court's recognition and enforcement of judgments rendered abroad. Part Two takes the practitioner through the process of obtaining an overseas jurisdiction's recognition and enforcement of judgments rendered in the United States. Part Three assesses the current trends in the US and in the international trade environment regarding enforcement of judgments which may be made by foreign courts.
Criminal law. Criminal procedure --- Law of civil procedure --- United States --- Law --- General and Others --- Judgments, Foreign --- Judgments, Foreign. --- Foreign judgments --- Conflict of laws --- Judicial assistance --- United States of America
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