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- catalog abstract "This classic text examines the theory, practice, and people behind the judicial process. The new seventh edition brings the work completely up to date by examining important developments and structural changes in three judicial systems, up through the end of 1997, including judicial appointments during the Bush and Clinton administrations; significant alterations in the structure and organization of the United States, British, French, and other European courts, with an emphasis on the ongoing changes in the judiciary of the United Kingdom; and the collateral developments on the frontiers of judicial review procedures as well as the judicial role.".
- catalog contributor b10684988.
- catalog created "1998.".
- catalog date "1998".
- catalog date "1998.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
- catalog description "Courtroom procedure: general. Innocent until proved guilty: the accusatorial procedure ; Guilty until proved innocent: the inquisitorial procedure -- Vox Dei or Vox populi in action: the juries. The Grand jury ; The trial or petit jury -- Selection and impaneling of juries. The trial jury at work ; Instructing the jury: the judge's charge ; Juries: blessing or evil? -- From offense to trial: a procedural note. Procedure in civil cases ; Procedure in criminal cases -- Courts at home: I -- the lesser tribunals. A dual system of courts. The state courts. The Justice of the Peace ; The municipal court ; The county court ; The intermediate Court of Appeals ; The final Court of Appeals -- The Federal Courts. The Federal legislative courts ; Ex-legislative "special" constitutional courts ; The Federal constitutional courts ; Administering the federal judiciary -- Courts at home: II -- ".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-431) and indexes.".
- catalog description "Tables, charts, and figures. Introduction: the law and the courts. The nature of law. Positive and natural law -- Common law and statutory law. Common law ; Equity ; Statutory law ; Mixing common and statutory law -- Some additional legal definitions and concepts. Civil and criminal law -- Staffing the courts. Selection. The two chief methods ; A compromise? -- Tenure of office. The United States ; Britain ; France -- Qualifications and motivations: the United States. Basic prerequisites ; Judicial experience and its absence ; The Justices in composite ; Motives that underlie appointments -- "Packing the court" and the nominees' "real" politics on the role of the U.S. Senate -- Qualifications and experience: the special cases of England and France. England ; France -- Courts, courtrooms, and juries. Types of courts: trial and appellate. Trial courts ; Appellate courts -- ".
- catalog description "The Supreme Court. At the zenith: the U.S. Supreme Court. Original jurisdiction ; Appellate jurisdiction ; Writs of review ; Workload -- The U.S. Supreme Court at work. Oral argument -- Behind closed doors. Assigning and writing opinions ; Opinion day(s) ; Compliance -- Outside influence on court personnel. Legal periodicals ; Social science data ; Test cases ; The brief amicus curiae ; The law clerks -- Courts abroad. The courts of England and Wales. The criminal courts' hierarchy ; The civil courts' hierarchy -- The courts of France. Two major divisions ; The ordinary or regular courts' hierarchy ; Administrative tribunals generally ; The French administrative courts -- Judicial review: I -- the supreme power. Defining judicial review -- Judicial review abroad. Britain ; France ; Some other speical constitutional tribunals ; A historical note -- Judicial review at home. Further historical roots ; Spelling it out: Marybury v. Madison -- Judicial review: II -- ".
- catalog description "This classic text examines the theory, practice, and people behind the judicial process. The new seventh edition brings the work completely up to date by examining important developments and structural changes in three judicial systems, up through the end of 1997, including judicial appointments during the Bush and Clinton administrations; significant alterations in the structure and organization of the United States, British, French, and other European courts, with an emphasis on the ongoing changes in the judiciary of the United Kingdom; and the collateral developments on the frontiers of judicial review procedures as well as the judicial role.".
- catalog description "controversy and limitations. Judicial review in a democratic state: saint or sinner? Invoking authority ; Drawing the line -- or attempting to do so. Judicial legislating ; Judges limited: the taught tradiiton of the law. State decisis ; Other limitations on judicial power and effectiveness. Reversing the court ; Policy formulations and considerations ; Compliance and enforcement -- Machtkampf: The Supreme Court in the political power struggle -- Coda: a realistic bulwark. The sixteen great maxims of judicial self-restraint -- The bulwark -- Appendixes. Members of the Supreme Court of the United States -- Table of succession of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States -- Bibliographical note -- Indexes. General subject index -- Name index -- Court cases index.".
- catalog extent "xvi, 458 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0195099877 (paper : acid-free paper)".
- catalog issued "1998".
- catalog issued "1998.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New York : Oxford University Press,".
- catalog spatial "France.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
- catalog spatial "United States.".
- catalog subject "347/.01 21".
- catalog subject "Courts France.".
- catalog subject "Courts Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "Courts United States.".
- catalog subject "Judicial process.".
- catalog subject "K2100 .A725 1998".
- catalog tableOfContents "Courtroom procedure: general. Innocent until proved guilty: the accusatorial procedure ; Guilty until proved innocent: the inquisitorial procedure -- Vox Dei or Vox populi in action: the juries. The Grand jury ; The trial or petit jury -- Selection and impaneling of juries. The trial jury at work ; Instructing the jury: the judge's charge ; Juries: blessing or evil? -- From offense to trial: a procedural note. Procedure in civil cases ; Procedure in criminal cases -- Courts at home: I -- the lesser tribunals. A dual system of courts. The state courts. The Justice of the Peace ; The municipal court ; The county court ; The intermediate Court of Appeals ; The final Court of Appeals -- The Federal Courts. The Federal legislative courts ; Ex-legislative "special" constitutional courts ; The Federal constitutional courts ; Administering the federal judiciary -- Courts at home: II -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "Tables, charts, and figures. Introduction: the law and the courts. The nature of law. Positive and natural law -- Common law and statutory law. Common law ; Equity ; Statutory law ; Mixing common and statutory law -- Some additional legal definitions and concepts. Civil and criminal law -- Staffing the courts. Selection. The two chief methods ; A compromise? -- Tenure of office. The United States ; Britain ; France -- Qualifications and motivations: the United States. Basic prerequisites ; Judicial experience and its absence ; The Justices in composite ; Motives that underlie appointments -- "Packing the court" and the nominees' "real" politics on the role of the U.S. Senate -- Qualifications and experience: the special cases of England and France. England ; France -- Courts, courtrooms, and juries. Types of courts: trial and appellate. Trial courts ; Appellate courts -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "The Supreme Court. At the zenith: the U.S. Supreme Court. Original jurisdiction ; Appellate jurisdiction ; Writs of review ; Workload -- The U.S. Supreme Court at work. Oral argument -- Behind closed doors. Assigning and writing opinions ; Opinion day(s) ; Compliance -- Outside influence on court personnel. Legal periodicals ; Social science data ; Test cases ; The brief amicus curiae ; The law clerks -- Courts abroad. The courts of England and Wales. The criminal courts' hierarchy ; The civil courts' hierarchy -- The courts of France. Two major divisions ; The ordinary or regular courts' hierarchy ; Administrative tribunals generally ; The French administrative courts -- Judicial review: I -- the supreme power. Defining judicial review -- Judicial review abroad. Britain ; France ; Some other speical constitutional tribunals ; A historical note -- Judicial review at home. Further historical roots ; Spelling it out: Marybury v. Madison -- Judicial review: II -- ".
- catalog tableOfContents "controversy and limitations. Judicial review in a democratic state: saint or sinner? Invoking authority ; Drawing the line -- or attempting to do so. Judicial legislating ; Judges limited: the taught tradiiton of the law. State decisis ; Other limitations on judicial power and effectiveness. Reversing the court ; Policy formulations and considerations ; Compliance and enforcement -- Machtkampf: The Supreme Court in the political power struggle -- Coda: a realistic bulwark. The sixteen great maxims of judicial self-restraint -- The bulwark -- Appendixes. Members of the Supreme Court of the United States -- Table of succession of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States -- Bibliographical note -- Indexes. General subject index -- Name index -- Court cases index.".
- catalog title "The judicial process : an introductory analysis of the courts of the United States, England, and France / Henry J. Abraham.".
- catalog type "text".