Testing the limits of the 'joint account' model of genetic information: a legal thought experiment. by Foster, C, Herring, J, Boyd, M

“…We examine the likely reception in the courtroom of the 'joint account' model of genetic confidentiality. …”

SECRETS OF THE JURY ROOM / by Knox, Malcolm, 1966-, author 641414

“…From the extraordinary story unfolding in the courtroom, to the equally amazing account of how events unfolded in the jury room during the trial, to interviews with barristers, solicitors and other players in the criminal justice system, Malcolm investigates the tricks of the trade and sketches the vast difference between what courts think juries should be and what juries really are. …”

Gestión de identidades en la práctica juridica by Cubells, Jenny

“…Advocates use rhetorical strategies which construct, for the parties they represent, identities appropriate to the case they want to win. In courtroom argumentation, advocates try to establish a causal connection between the personality of the accused and her or his actions.…”
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Intellectual Property in Computing: (How) Should Software Be Protected? An Industry Perspective by Ernst, Michael D.

“…The future of the software industry is today being shaped in the courtroom. Most discussions of intellectual property to date, however, have been frames as debates about how the existing law --- promulgated long before the computer revolution --- should be applied to software. …”
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Recovery-oriented practices within the Dartmouth Wellness Court: The Wall of Hope by Robin D. Campbell, Crystal Dieleman, Stephanie Zubriski, Pam Williams, Tom Abriel

“… This paper describes the Wall of Hope art installation as a product of recovery-oriented practices within the Dartmouth Wellness Court that contributes to a culture and language of hope within the courtroom environment. …”
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Judiciary-elected branch power relations and the search for truth by Parau, C

“…It argues that inter-branch power relations may be typologised and that comparative evaluation of each type of power relations leads to the conclusion that one type best serves the search for truth, not only in the courtroom but even in the chambers of parliament and elsewhere.…”

Government is a legal fiction’: performing political power in Zimbabwe’s magistrates’ courts after 2000 by Verheul, S

“…Thirdly, to interrogate how the different uses of law informed debates on state authority and citizenship, I examine the interactions between performance, narrative and history within the courtroom, and beyond, to demonstrate the production of authority during processes of arrest and detention, as well as in the courts. …”

La mise en scène d’un procès pénal : réflexion sur les médias et le procès Demjanjuk by Rainer Volk

“…The media interest in the courtroom was correspondingly high. However, the essay shows that this interest had its ups and downs. …”
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Pseudo-Legal Justice by Mirko Dukovic

“…While Kafka’s Josef K. was arrested and left to roam free through a court building to find a courtroom in which his destiny would be determined, Josef K. in this story is in a similarly peculiar situation: He does not know which court in Montenegro he should appeal to and present his grievances. …”
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The Need for the Historiographical Approach to Understand and Address the Sex Abuse Crisis in the Catholic Church by Massimo Faggioli

“…The first is investigative journalism which broke the news on the depth and magnitude of the abuse scandal in the Catholic Church. The second is the courtroom approach. This essay argues for the need of the historiographical approach, aimed at understanding the abuse crisis as a complex historical phenomenon in a comparative perspective. …”
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Harpocrate au secret. De quelques anamorphoses d’Horus l’Enfant by Laurent Bricault

“…Now an allegory of political prudence and scientific or esoteric secrets, it is still Harpocrates who, today, stands at the entrance to the courtroom of the Palais du Luxembourg, seat of the Senate of the French Republic.…”
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Social Media and the Electronic “New World” of Judges by Judith Gibson

“…Courts in Australia not only have social media policies to control social media use in the courtroom, but are starting to use social media to publish judgments and court-related information. …”
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Conflits de proximité et rapport(s) au(x) droit(s) by Antonio Azuela, Patrice Melé, Vicente Ugalde

“…But even outside the courtroom the law provides argumentative resources to social actors, contributes to organize their expectations, and defines their positions. …”
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GRAY MOUNTAIN : A NOVEL / by Grisham, John, author 333699

“…For the first time in her career, Samantha prepares a lawsuit, sees the inside of an actual courtroom, gets scolded by a judge, and receives threats from locals who aren’t so thrilled to have a big-city lawyer in town. …”

Social scientists as expert witnesses in The Hague Tribunal and elsewhere by Petrović Vladimir

“…Wider discussion on the courtroom usage of scientific knowledge is evoked in order to emphasize the problems in regulation of expert witnessing. …”
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Gender and Financialization of the Criminal Justice System by Lisa Servon, Ava Esquier, Gillian Tiley

“…(1) The increase in women’s mass incarceration over the past forty years raises questions about how justice-involved women experience the financial aspects of the criminal justice system. (2) We conducted in-depth interviews with twenty justice-involved women and seven criminal law and reentry professionals, and conducted courtroom observations in southeastern Pennsylvania. (3) The results from this exploratory research reveal that women’s roles as caregivers, their greater health needs, and higher likelihood of being poor creates barriers to paying fines and fees and exacerbates challenges in reentry. (4) These challenges contribute to a cycle of prolonged justice involvement and financial instability.…”
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CRIMINOLOGICAL & FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY / by Gavin, Helen, author

“…In-depth exploration of the fascinating courtroom process including separate chapters on the Defendant's Mind and The Jury. …”

What people believe about how memory works: a representative survey of the U.S. population. by Daniel J Simons, Christopher F Chabris

“…This discrepancy between popular belief and scientific consensus has implications from the classroom to the courtroom.…”
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La storia nei tribunali internazionali sui crimini di guerra by Richard ASHBY WILSON

“…Based on original empirical research with judges, prosecutors, defense attorneys and expert witnesses in three international criminal tribunals, Writing History in International Criminal Trials, book here introduced, seeks to understand how law and history are combined in the courtroom. Historical testimony is now an integral part of international trials, with prosecutors and defense teams using background testimony to pursue decidedly legal objectives. …”
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Law and psychology must think critically about effect sizes by Jason M. Chin

“…I explore these points by way of case studies on influential law and psychology studies, such as implicit bias in the courtroom. I end with suggestions for implementing my recommendations, including a metaresearch agenda for law and psychology.…”
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