Street legal; a guide to pre-trial criminal procedure for police, prosecutors, and defenders.
1590318226 Street legal; a guide to pre-trial criminal procedure for police, prosecutors, and defenders. Wallentine, Ken. American Bar Association 2007 383 pages $79.95 Paperback KF9619 The chief of law enforcement for...

Life whisperer, CFC: formidable woman psychologist offers powerful lessons on life.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The role of a forensic expert includes Functioning objectively in the complex world of criminal or civil litigation. Learning trial procedure and the rules of evidence are central to the ACFEI's Certified Forensic Consultant (CFC) program. As a new CFC designate, the author of this...

Nonparty remote electronic access to plea agreements in the Second Circuit.
Introduction I. Background A. The Rise of Electronic Access to Judicial Documents 1. The Demise of "Practical Obscurity" 2. The Judicial Conference of the United States: Policy on Privacy and Public Access to Electronic Case Files 3. Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 49.1 4. Lingering Concerns of Nonparty Remote...

Key Right Of First Refusal Provision "Ambiguous": Case Sent Back For More Evidence.
Copyright 2008, Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP Originally published in Blakes Bulletin on Energy - Oil & Gas/Litigation, August 2008 On August 5, 2008, the Alberta Court of Appeal issued a decision of significance and concern to the oil and gas industry in Canada. The...

An introduction to the International Criminal Court, 3d ed.
9780521707541 An introduction to the International Criminal Court, 3d ed. Schabas, William A. Cambridge U. Pr. 2007 548 pages $50.00 Paperback KZ6310 Schabas (human rights law, National U. of Ireland) begins...

Court-annexed mediation to be pursued -- SC.
CAM is an enhanced pre-trial procedure that involves the settling of cases with the assistance of a mediator, an authorized officer of the court, who helps the parties identify issues and develop a proposal to resolve disputes. If a settlement cannot be reached through CAM, the case...

Court denies bid to stop Baguio market project.
BAGUIO CITY -- The Regional Trial Court's (RTC) Branch 59 in this mountain resort city has denied a motion for reconsideration filed by groups of vendors who want to stop the proposed P1.7-billion market project here.In a three-page decision, Judge Iluminada P. Cabato denied separate motions for reconsideration filed...

Evidence law and the jury: a reassessment.
The common law of evidence is counterintuitive because it seeks to facilitate the search for truth by regulating fact-finders' access to and evaluation of evidence. Since truth seems most likely to emerge when adjudicators reason freely from all available information, this puzzling strategy of seeking truth through evidentiary regulation...

The constitutionality of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.
A decade has elapsed since the final text of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) (1) was approved at the conclusion of a diplomatic conference in Rome, Italy. (2) Legal scholars have written a great deal since then about whether or not the Rome Statute would...

National Jury Summit to Address Threats to Jury System.
DALLAS, Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Saving the jury trial will be the focus of next month's National Jury Summit hosted by the American Board of Trial Advocates. The Summit will be held at the Wynn Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nev., Feb. 8-9. A myriad of issues raised...