Discovery and Proof in Police Misconduct Cases


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Here's the practical guidance you need in police misconduct cases. Presented from the plaintiff's perspective -- but with an eye toward the defense response -- DISCOVERY AND PROOF IN POLICE MISCONDUCT CASES is the first practice-oriented guidebook that gives you practical direction on handling all facets of police misconduct cases filed under Section 1983. You'll be ready to proceed -- and win for your client -- with the helpful insights presented by civil rights attorney Stephen M. Ryals. This new book is packed with powerful sample materials that have been used in actual suits. You get: exemplar pleadings, deposition transcripts, motion for summary judgment, an expert affidavit, discovery forms, and more. No other resource gives you this kind of hands-on guidance -- including sample materials with analyses that help make your case!



















United States Attorneys' Manual


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Criminal Discovery


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In Criminal Discovery: From Truth to Proof and Back Again, author Cosmas Moisidis examines aspects of pre-trial stages such as police interrogations, preliminary hearings and discovery between the prosecution and the defence, addressing contentious issues such as the right to silence and the privilege against self-incrimination. These issues give rise to strong, emotive and polarised differences of opinion. Criminal discovery is an area in which views are entrenched and passions run high. Criminal Discovery: From Truth to Proof and Back Again seeks to inform the current debate through a detailed analysis of the history, theory and practice of criminal discovery. Historical and jurisprudential matters which are not commonly known are here brought to light. The approach is holistic and comparative, examining the issues in detail with reference to the jurisdictions of the United Kingdom, United States, particularly California, and Australia. It concludes with recommendations to guide the future, putting forward a reciprocal criminal discovery model which, it is argued, will enhance the truth seeking potential of the adversarial criminal trial.







The Cambridge Handbook of Policing in the United States


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A comprehensive collection on police and policing, written by experts in political theory, sociology, criminology, economics, law, public health, and critical theory.