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The Dynamism of Civil Procedure - Global Trends and Developments


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This book shows the surprising dynamism of the field of civil procedure through its examination of a cross section of recent developments within civil procedure from around the world. It explores the field through specific approaches to its study, within specific legal systems, and within discrete sub-fields of civil procedure. The book reflects the latest research and conveys the dynamism and innovations of modern civil procedure - by field, method and system. The book’s introductory chapters lay the groundwork for researchers to appreciate the flux and change within the field. The concluding chapters bring the many different identified innovations and developments together to show the field's ability to adapt to modern circumstances, while retaining its coherence even across different legal systems, traditions, fields and analytic approaches. Specifically, in this book the presence of dynamism is explored in the legal systems of the EU, France, the US, Brazil, Australia, the UK and China. So too that dynamism is explored in the contributions’ analyses and discussions of the changes or need for change of specific aspects of civil procedure including litigation costs, class actions, derivative actions, pleadings, and res judicata. Furthermore, most of the individual contributions may be considered to be comparative analyses of their respective subjects and, when considered as a whole, the book presents the dynamism of civil procedure in comparative perspective. Those discrete and aggregated comparative analyses permit us to better understand the dynamism in civil procedure – for change in the abstract can be less visible and its significance and impact less evident. While similar conclusions may have been drawn through examinations in isolation, employing comparative analytic methods provided a richer analysis and any identified need for change is correspondingly advanced through comparative analysis. Furthermore, if that analysis leads to a conclusion that change is necessary then comparative law may provide pertinent examples for such change - as well as methodologies for successfully transplanting any such changes. In other words, as this book so well reflects, comparative law may itself usefully contribute to dynamism in civil procedure. This has long been a raison d'être of comparative law and, as clear from this book’s contributions, in this particular time and field of study we find that it is very likely to achieve its lofty promise.







Justice Brennan


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In this sweeping and revealing insider study, Seth Stern and Stephen Wermiel shine a bright light on the life, career, and thought of William Brennan (1906-1997), widely considered the Supreme Court's most influential twentieth-century justice, as well as its greatest liberal and preeminent strategist. Stern and Wermiel make available for the first time a striking new view of Brennan based on what Jeffrey Toobin has called "a coveted set of documents"—Justice Brennan's very personal case histories of the major battles that confronted the Supreme Court during the past half century. Roe v. Wade, affirmative action, the death penalty, obscenity law, and the constitutional right to privacy are among the many controversial and hotly-contested big-picture issues covered in the Brennan annals. But they also provide more intimate glimpses of Brennan's surprising refusal to hire female clerks, even as he wrote groundbreaking opinions relating to women's rights; the complex tension between his commitment to law and his Catholic beliefs; and new details on his unprecedented working relationship with Chief Justice Earl Warren. Drawing upon Wermiel's rare access to the Brennan case histories, half of which will not be released to the public until 2017, and his more than sixty hours of one-on-one interviews with Justice Brennan himself, the authors have crafted a compelling portrait of a judicial giant, filled with details and insights that will further cement Brennan's reputation as an epic playmaker during the Court's most liberal era.




Report of the President's Commission on Crime in the District of Columbia


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In this report, the types of crimes, the offenders, and the overall disposition of the offenders in Washington, D.C. are analyzed. By Presidential order, a commission was established to make studies, conduct hearings, and compile information on crime in the District of Columbia. Detailed statistics on crime analysis are presented with studies on the serious crimes, frequency, time of occurrence, victim, offender, and other circumstances. A profile of the criminal offender is presented. Major section on the Metropolitan Police Department details its total operation. The court system, sentencing and imprisonment of adults and juveniles is analyzed. Further evaluation is given. Drunkenness offender, pretrial release, mentally ill offender, drug abuse, interrogation, juvenile offender, juvenile delinquency, and the roots of crime are discussed. The appendix contains four studies in the District of Columbia: one on police, one on offenders, one on corrections, and one on delinquency. The first study, a survey of the Metropolitan Police Department, reviews the management, administration, and operations of the department. It examines the traffic, investigation, and youth functions, as well as records management, communications, buildings and equipment, and police community relations. The second study, a description of active juvenile offenders and convicted adult felons in the District of Columbia, characterizes criminals by factors such as family background, location of residence, employment history, and personal data. The third study, the organization and effectiveness of the correctional agencies, discusses the functions and problems of the department of corrections and the parole and probation agencies. The final study analyzes the social environment and delinquency in the District of Columbia.




ABA Journal


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The ABA Journal serves the legal profession. Qualified recipients are lawyers and judges, law students, law librarians and associate members of the American Bar Association.