The Origins of Adversary Criminal Trial
- ISBN-10
- 0191718130
- ISBN-13
- 9780191718137
- Category
- Adversary system (Law)
- Pages
- 354
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2005
- Author
- John H. Langbein
Description
The lawyer-dominated adversary system of criminal trial, which now typifies practice in Anglo-American legal systems, was developed in England in the 18th century. This text shows how and why lawyers were able to capture the trial.
Get the book
Other editions
Similar books
-
Our Corrupt Legal System
By Evan WhittonRyan's letter, written on 10 feet of lavatory paper the night before he was hanged, said he was not guilty of intent. I tend to believe him, and that life for manslaughter would have been appropriate. The hangman, a Melbourne chemist, ...
-
Partisan Justice
By Marvin E. FrankelAn appraisal of the adversary legal system in the U.S. by a former federal judge now practicing law, who finds the adversary process not truly adversary but seeking partisan justice rather than truth.
-
Beyond the Adversarial System
By Helen Stacy, Michael Lavarch11 M Zander ( 1995 ) ' Why Lord Woolf's Proposed Reforms of Civil Litigation Should be Rejected ' in AAS Zuckerman and R Cranston ( eds ) Reform of Civil Procedure : Essays on Access to Justice , Clarendon Press , p 81 .
-
Evidence and the Adversarial Process
By Jenny McEwanClearly written and argued this book examines the key issues in the field: * Is the adversarial process best suited to the discovery of truth?. * Do recent reforms indicate the first steps away from the adversarial contest?. * Is English ...
-
Adversarial Justice: America's Court System on Trial
By Theodore L. Kubicek... the process by trying to sell their case instead of asking ques- tions that will help select ajury.”714 This judicial activity would not be as necessary, although more acceptable to the attorneys, in a non- adversarial setting.
-
Modern Complex Litigation
By Jay Tidmarsh, Roger H. TrangsrudThis successor to Complex Litigation and the Adversary System, which was published in 1998, has been reorganized and the text completely rewritten.