Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
The Northwestern Law Review
Author: Northwestern University Law Review
Author: The Northwestern Law Review
Author: Academic Legal Writing
Author: Eugene VolokhPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 228
Book Description
Resource added for the Paralegal program 101101.
The Common Law Inside the Female Body
Author: Anita BernsteinPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107177812
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 275
Book Description
Explains why lawyers seeking gender progress from primary legal materials should start with the common law.
Credible
Author: Deborah TuerkheimerPublisher: HarperCollins
ISBN: 0063002760
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
In this landmark book, a former prosecutor, legal expert, and leading authority on sexual violence examines why we are primed to disbelieve allegations of sexual abuse—and how we can transform a culture and a legal system structured to dismiss accusers Sexual misconduct accusations spark competing claims: her word against his. How do we decide who is telling the truth? The answer comes down to credibility. But as this eye-opening book reveals, invisible forces warp the credibility judgments of even the well- intentioned among us. We are all shaped by a set of false assumptions and hidden biases embedded in our culture, our legal system, and our psyches. In Credible, Deborah Tuerkheimer provides a much-needed framework to explain how we perceive credibility, why our perceptions are distorted, and why these distortions harm survivors. Social hierarchies and inequalities foster doubt that is commonplace and predictable, resulting in what Tuerkheimer calls the “credibility discount”—our dismissal of claims by certain kinds of speakers—primarily women, and especially those who are more marginalized. The #MeToo movement has exposed how victims have been badly served by a system that is designed not to protect them, but instead to protect the status quo. Credibility lies at the heart of this system. Drawing on case studies, moving first-hand accounts, science, and the law, Tuerkheimer identifies widespread patterns and their causes, analyzes the role of power, and examines the close, reciprocal relationship between culture and law—guiding us toward accurate credibility judgments and equitable treatment of those whose suffering has long been disregarded. #MeToo has touched off a massive reckoning. To achieve lasting progress, we must shift our approach to belief. Credible helps us forge a path forward to ensuring justice for the countless individuals affected by sexual misconduct.
Northwestern Law Review
Author: Sociology Of Law & Order/h
Author: Lynn McdonaldPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000312135
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 245
Book Description
This book is about the law and order issue, and the role social scientists have played in legitimating it as a problem of grave social consequences. It is a study on rising crime rates and criminal behaviour within the limits of conventional social science, with its advantages and disadvantages.
The Making of a Justice
Author: Justice John Paul StevensPublisher: Little, Brown
ISBN: 0316489670
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 560
Book Description
A "timely and hugely important" memoir of Justice John Paul Stevens's life on the Supreme Court (New York Times). When Justice John Paul Stevens retired from the Supreme Court of the United States in 2010, he left a legacy of service unequaled in the history of the Court. During his thirty-four-year tenure, Justice Stevens was a prolific writer, authoring more than 1000 opinions. In The Making of a Justice, he recounts his extraordinary life, offering an intimate and illuminating account of his service on the nation's highest court. Appointed by President Gerald Ford and eventually retiring during President Obama's first term, Justice Stevens has been witness to, and an integral part of, landmark changes in American society during some of the most important Supreme Court decisions over the last four decades. With stories of growing up in Chicago, his work as a naval traffic analyst at Pearl Harbor during World War II, and his early days in private practice, The Making of a Justice is a warm and fascinating account of Justice Stevens's unique and transformative American life.
Northwestern Law Review;
Author: Northwestern University School of LawPublisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781378392010
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
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