The death of the American trial

The death of the American trial / Robert P. Burns.

In The Death of the American Trial, distinguished legal scholar Robert P. Burns makes an impassioned case for reversing the rapid decline of the trial before we lose one of our public culture's greatest achievements. As a practice that is adapted for modern times yet rooted in ancient wisdom, t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burns, Robert P., 1947-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2009.
Subjects:
Trials > United States.
Justice, Administration of > United States.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
Justice, Administration of
Trials
Prozess
Strafverfolgung
United States
USA
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Table of Contents:
  • Inside the contemporary trial
  • Historical notes on the trial's importance
  • The fundamental tensions the trial defines
  • Decline and criticism
  • The meanings of the trial's death.

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