The Pursuit of Justice is a realistic yet hopeful analysis of how the law works in practice rather than in theory. The multi-chapter discussion recognizes that decision makers in the law - judges, lawyers, juries, police, forensic experts and more - respond systematically to the incentive structures with whichthey are confronted. INDICE: - An Introduction to the Pursuit of Justice; E.J.Lopez - The Rise of Government Law Enforcement in England; N.Currott - Electoral Pressures and the Legal System: Friends or Foes?; R.S.Sobel - Romancing Forensics: Legal Failure in Forensic Science Administration; R.G.Koppl - Judicial Checks on Corruption; A.Cordis - Effects of Judicial Selection on Criminal Sentencing; A.Tomic- Economic Development Takings as Government Failure; I.Somin - On the Impossibility of 'Just Compensation' When Property is Taken; J.Brätland - The Lawyer-Judge Hypothesis; B.H.Barton - Class Action Rent Extraction; J.Haymond - Cy Pres and its Predators; C.N.W.Keckler - Licensing Lawyers: Failure in the Provision of Legal Services; A.B.Summers
- ISBN: 978-0-230-10244-6
- Editorial: Palgrave Macmillan
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 316
- Fecha Publicación: 09/07/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés