American Criminal Courts

  • American Criminal Courts: Legal Process and Social Context
    By Casey Welch, John Randolph Fuller

    Kantorowicz H. The definition of law. Cambridge, UK: University Press; 1958. Fuller. The morality of law. Pound R. Social control through law: the Powell lectures. Hamden, CT: Archon Books; 1968.p.41. Weber M. Law in economy and society ...

  • American Criminal Courts: Legal Process and Social Context
    By Casey Welch, John Randolph Fuller

    The first for-profit bail-bond business in the United States is believed to have been started in the late nineteenth century in San Francisco by Peter and Thomas McDonough who began underwriting bonds as favors to the lawyers who ...

  • American Criminal Courts: Legal Process and Social Context
    By Casey Welch, John Randolph Fuller

    For instance, when the bodies were discovered in the OJ Simpson murder case, Simpson was on a plane to Chicago [34]. The prosecution had to establish a timeline that showed that Simpson had enough time to commit the murders then board ...

  • American Criminal Courts
    By Cliff Roberson, Frank DiMarino

    The book also explains the roles played by the judges in each type of court as it pertains to judicial selection, judicial decision making, and judicial review.

  • American Criminal Courts: Legal Process and Social Context
    By Casey Welch, John Randolph Fuller

    Thus, this book includes chapters on actors in the traditional courtroom workgroup (judges, prosecutors, and defense attorneys, etc.) as well as those outside the court who seek to influence it, including advocacy groups, the media, and ...