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Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Kramer V. Jenkins
Author: Kramer V. United States of America
Author: Levesque V. Brennan
Author: The Forum
Author: The American Decisions
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 860
Book Description
The American Decisions, Containing All the Cases of General Value and Authority Decided in the Courts of the Several States
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 868
Book Description
The Lawyer-Judge Bias in the American Legal System
Author: Benjamin H. BartonPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139495585
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Virtually all American judges are former lawyers. This book argues that these lawyer-judges instinctively favor the legal profession in their decisions and that this bias has far-reaching and deleterious effects on American law. There are many reasons for this bias, some obvious and some subtle. Fundamentally, it occurs because - regardless of political affiliation, race, or gender - every American judge shares a single characteristic: a career as a lawyer. This shared background results in the lawyer-judge bias. The book begins with a theoretical explanation of why judges naturally favor the interests of the legal profession and follows with case law examples from diverse areas, including legal ethics, criminal procedure, constitutional law, torts, evidence, and the business of law. The book closes with a case study of the Enron fiasco, an argument that the lawyer-judge bias has contributed to the overweening complexity of American law, and suggests some possible solutions.
A Kim Jong-Il Production
Author: Paul FischerPublisher: Macmillan + ORM
ISBN: 1250054281
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 458
Book Description
Before becoming the world's most notorious dictator, Kim Jong-Il ran North Korea's Ministry for Propaganda and its film studios. Conceiving every movie made, he acted as producer and screenwriter. Despite this control, he was underwhelmed by the available talent and took drastic steps, ordering the kidnapping of Choi Eun-Hee (Madam Choi)—South Korea's most famous actress—and her ex-husband Shin Sang-Ok, the country's most famous filmmaker.Madam Choi vanished first. When Shin went to Hong Kong to investigate, he was attacked and woke up wrapped in plastic sheeting aboard a ship bound for North Korea. Madam Choi lived in isolated luxury, allowed only to attend the Dear Leader's dinner parties. Shin, meanwhile, tried to escape, was sent to prison camp, and "re-educated." After four years he cracked, pledging loyalty. Reunited with Choi at the first party he attends, it is announced that the couple will remarry and act as the Dear Leader's film advisors. Together they made seven films, in the process gaining Kim Jong-Il's trust. While pretending to research a film in Vienna, they flee to the U.S. embassy and are swept to safety.A nonfiction thriller packed with tension, passion, and politics, author Paul Fischer's A Kim Jong-Il Production offers a rare glimpse into a secretive world, illuminating a fascinating chapter of North Korea's history that helps explain how it became the hermetically sealed, intensely stage-managed country it remains today.
American Federal Tax Reports
Author: The New York Supplement
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Category : Law reports, digests, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 1294
Book Description
"Cases argued and determined in the Court of Appeals, Supreme and lower courts of record of New York State, with key number annotations." (varies)