Author: Mark S. Silver Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1387367404 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 710
Book Description
This volume presents 25 criminal mitigation sample reports from a wide range of issues that the criminal defense lawyers must tackle at the pre-plea and presentence phase of litigation. The mitigation reports serve to complement the criminal defense lawyer's advocacy by allowing the criminal defense lawyer to approach the pre-plea or presentence phase with a more complete understanding of the client's psychosocial background, mental health needs, family issues, and any and all other mitigating issues. The goal is to humanize the client so that the prosecutor and judge can identify with the traumas and challenges that the client has suffered to allow for greater empathy and justice.
Author: Edward C. Monahan Publisher: ISBN: 9781634259149 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 463
Book Description
ISBN: 978-1-63425-914-9 2017, 416 pages, 6 x 9, Paperback and E-Book Loaded with practical case studies, surveys, checklists, and appendices provided by top litigation experts from across the nation, Tell the Client's Story provides litigation teams the best strategies for effective mitigation work in criminal and capital cases. This book will benefit seasoned defense professionals, while also providing crucial guidance for attorneys and other professionals with limited or no experience in mitigation techniques.
Author: Mark S. Silver Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1387336436 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 380
Book Description
This book is an essential companion to any criminal or immigration lawyer who wishes to better advocate for his client by humanizing the individual and presenting important psychosocial details from the client's life, which will also impact on the factual analysis of the case. (Revised 5th Edition) Both experienced and novice lawyers will glean important insights into criterion to consider for pre-sentence memorandum of law, all immigration cases, mitigation factors, challenges posed by difficult clients, heuristics and biases in the judicial system, the benefits of mitigation consultation, factual analysis, and related matters in the advocacy process. Ultimately, this book will fill in the gaps left out in law school, such that the lawyer will more accurately understand his client's needs, and the lawyer will be equipped with the tools to proceed in a professional manner.
Author: Mark S. Silver Publisher: Lulu.com ISBN: 1387359703 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 136
Book Description
Not everybody is accepted to Yale Law School. David Balfour will attend LUNY Law School where he will have to contend with the oddities of jurisprudence and a harrowing academic load, all the while trying to solve the Mystery of the Dead Law School Dean. David and his law school friends will negotiate a new terrain as 1L students on a journey to become lawyers after passing the bar.
Author: Himanshu Grover Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann ISBN: 0128095393 Category : Nature Languages : en Pages : 260
Book Description
Case Studies in Disaster Mitigation and Prevention: Disaster and Emergency Management: Case Studies in Adaptation and Innovation series presents cases illustrating efforts to reduce human and material losses associated with disasters. This volume demonstrates that mitigation is an ongoing phase in which communities continually pursue long-term hazard resistance and reduction. Cases illustrate the importance of risk assessment in the development of mitigation strategies through hazard mapping and multi-hazard mitigation planning. Cases also illustrate approaches to reduction risk through structural and non-structural means, giving consideration to benefits or limitations of these strategies in different contexts. The contributions of different mitigation activities to disaster risk reduction efforts are examined using the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction. - Presents in-depth cases studies in disaster mitigation, one of the phases of disaster management - Unites practice and research from multiple disciplines to highlight the complexity of disaster mitigation, including environmental and earth sciences, engineering, public health, geography, sociology, and anthropology - Examines policy and ethical dilemmas faced by decision makers in disaster situations
Author: Gorden, Caroline Publisher: Policy Press ISBN: 1529203724 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 324
Book Description
From the trials of Oscar Pistorius to O.J. Simpson and Michael Jackson, this innovative book provides a critical review of 11 high profile criminal cases. These case studies examine how ‘guilt’ and ‘innocence’ are constructed in the courts and in wider society, using the themes of evidence and narratives; credibility; rhetoric and oratory in the court room; social status; vulnerability and false confessions; diminished responsibility and the media and social judgments. Written for criminology, sociology, law, and criminal justice students, the book includes: • exercises to extend thinking on each case; • recommended readings for studying the cases and concepts discussed in each chapter; • an extensive specialist reference list including web links to videos and transcripts pertaining to many of the cases discussed in the book. The book delivers an accessible examination of the criminological, sociological, psychological and legal processes underpinning the outcome of criminal cases, and their representation in the media and wider society.
Author: John O. Spengler Publisher: Human Kinetics ISBN: 1492597775 Category : Sports Languages : en Pages : 740
Book Description
"This book aims to help students learn the common legal concepts taught in sport management curricula without the use of unnecessary legalese. Information and examples in the text challenge students to think about sport law concepts and apply them to the practical world of sport management"--
Author: Paul H. Robinson Publisher: Aspen Publishing ISBN: 1543823351 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 1120
Book Description
Criminal Law: Case Studies and Controversies eschews traditional reliance on judicial opinions in favor of an innovative and dynamic method of criminal law instruction that is centered on statutory interpretation and case studies. Examination of real-world problems allows first-year law students to not only develop familiarity with the criminal law doctrine necessary for potential careers as prosecutors or defense attorneys, but also hone crucial skills for lawyering in general. Provocative case studies provide background for engaging class discussion and challenge students to tackle applying doctrine in real-world situations. When useful, the book provides actual cases from a variety of jurisdictions to further illuminate the concepts with which students have already been forced to grapple. New to the Fifth Edition: Additional and updated case studies and discussion material informed by the professors’ teaching experiences and designed to reinforce issues at the forefront of modern criminal law Streamlined chapters throughout the whole casebook for a more efficient and concise textbook. Professors and students will benefit from: Use of an innovative case studies method – Each topic area includes a detailed story about the people and events leading up to the offense Inclusion of photographs related to the crimes so students can better contextualize issues “Core opinions” of central historical, theoretical, or doctrinal importance in each subject-area section Provocative and timely principal cases from a wide variety of jurisdictions, each followed by the statutes that existed in the jurisdiction at the time of the offense Treatise-like summaries of law in each topic area give students an overview of the law, introduce the underlying theoretical principles, and provide context
Author: Marie Tidball Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 1509956956 Category : Law Languages : en Pages : 453
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This book considers the governance of autistic defendants and offenders in the UK courts. Utilising the social model of disability, it considers the dominant strategies of governance, including 'vulnerability', which the author argues obscures the rights of disabled people in the criminal justice system. In doing so it sheds light on how this group should be governed. Drawing on rigorously-researched case studies of autistic adult defendants through the court process, the book brings together relevant legal and policy literature, criminological and criminal justice theory and disability studies to provide insight into the 'dividing practices' that affect the governance of disabled defendants' conduct. Using interviews with elites and practitioners, textual analysis, and court observation of eight autistic adult defendants through their court process, the book investigates why the status of autistic defendants as disabled under the Equality Act 2010 has been overlooked in criminal justice policy and criminal court decision-making. It explores the impact of the 'collateral' effects and 'symbiotic harm' of the criminal justice process on family members who support these defendants through the criminal justice process.
Author: Terry A. Wolfer Publisher: Columbia University Press ISBN: 0231554109 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 308
Book Description
Field education is social work’s signature pedagogy, the essential preparation for professional practice. Its success depends on field educators—field instructors, task supervisors or preceptors, and faculty field liaisons—to guide and assess student learning and maintain the pedagogical integrity of the field experience. Despite its importance and complexity, few resources exist for orienting and preparing field educators. This anthology presents decision cases that depict the actual experiences of social work field educators and students. They showcase the complex dynamics of field education and highlight a range of dilemmas experienced by novice and seasoned field educators. In various combinations, the dilemmas include interpersonal boundaries, emotional reactivity, initiative, expectations, role confusion, inadequate performance, accountability, interpersonal conflict, personal values, and impairment. The cases show how other field educators have navigated the issues that typically arise, with greater or lesser success. The cases portray the intricacy and rewards of this educational role and are selected for their ability to facilitate in-depth discussion among field educators during their initial training or continuing education. Guided discussions of these cases can bolster supervisory competence and confidence. They enable field educators to develop important problem-solving and critical-thinking skills related to their overlapping roles as instructors, supervisors, mentors, advisors, colleagues, and role models, helping them thrive and continue to serve the profession. An accompanying instructor manual provides extensive information for each decision case and also includes guidance for field directors on how to use the case method of teaching and sources for additional information.
Author: Mark S. Silver
Author: Edward C. Monahan
Author: Mark S. Silver
Author: Mark S. Silver
Author: Himanshu Grover
Author: Gorden, Caroline
Author: John O. Spengler
Author: Paul H. Robinson
Author: Marie Tidball
Author: Terry A. Wolfer