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1) The scandal
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Lawyer-in-training Theodore Boone returns to dispense more legal advice to friends and strangers.
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Small claims court is a place where some look to level the playing field against individuals, businesses, or partnerships that have wronged them in the past. Thousands of Americans end up there each year. Many people cannot afford the cost of a lawyer to ensure a solid case and as a result, are left out in the cold. Small claims courts are not nearly as simple as those television judges make it seem: fixing problems in 30 minutes on dramatized shows....
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"Celaena Sardothien is the King's Champion, yet she is far from loyal to the crown. But secretly working against her master is no easy task. As she untangles the glass castle's mysteries, no one is above questioning her allegiance-not Crown Prince Dorian;not Chaol, Captain of the Guard; not even Nehemia, her friend and rebel princess. Then, an unspeakable tragedy shatters Celaena's world. She must decide once and for all where her loyalties lie ....
6) DisOrder in the Court: 31 Funny, Frivolous & Outrageous Lawsuits that Will Make You Laugh Out Loud
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DisOrder in the Court: 31 Funny, Frivolous & Outrageous Lawsuits That Will Make You Laugh Out Loud! There is no doubt that some lawsuits must be litigated in court for a number of reasons. However, there are some lawsuits that probably should never see the light of day in a courtroom. Some are funny, some are frivolous and some are just plain outrageous, but they all beg the question: How did this case ever to go trial? If you were the judge, how...
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La crisis argentina de 2001 afectó la credibilidad del sistema político y golpeó también la legitimidad del máximo órgano del Poder Judicial. El proceso de renovación que se inició entonces implicó cambios en el elenco de jueces de la Corte Suprema así como una serie de reformas destinadas a reforzar el vínculo de la justicia con la ciudadanía y a difundir una nueva imagen de ese tribunal, para dotarlo de mayor transparencia de cara a...
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El ensayo gira en torno a cómo y para qué se estudia el derecho. Originalmente fue un discurso que Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. dictó en la Escuela de Derecho del Boston College, y luego se publicó en la Harvard Law Review. El autor destaca que el objeto central de estudio es la predicción, el pronóstico de la incidencia de la fuerza pública por medio de los tribunales. Éste es el hilo conductor de la obra. Un argumento fundamental señala que...
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Get the Summary of David Miraldi's The Edge of Malice in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. Richard Thompson and Christopher Martin, drug addicts and robbers, target Marie Grossman at a Burger King drive-thru on December 11, 1987. Marie, a dedicated professional with a background of overcoming adversity, including a traumatic sexual assault and active involvement in civil rights, is shot in the head but manages to...
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I was a young lawyer and the criminal case I describe actually happened to me. I call it a conundrum because although the eventual result was the correct one and justice was done, It would not have been,.had I acted professionally. I made a mess of it but justice was done in the end.
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The Triangle of Trees and the Old Blue jay is a novel set in the southwest and woven around the criminal justice system. Tandy Jackson a Probation Officer and supervisor working with her small town court, local police and Child Protective Services, has gotten herself enmeshed in a particularly gnarly domestic violence case. She's also mother to a five-year-old son Jakey who seems to know things before he's been told about them and is always one step...
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Featuring both historic and contemporary issues, The Municipal Judges Book critically analyzes the nature of municipal courts and the judge's role in the Texas criminal justice system. An ideal textbook for new judges and others interested in procedural and substantive laws impacting Texas municipal courts, the content includes (1) an introduction to municipal courts and the Texas judicial system, (2) role of the judge, (3) an overview of judicial...
14) The cruel prince
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Jude, seventeen and mortal, gets tangled in palace intrigues while trying to win a place in the treacherous High Court of Faerie, where she and her sisters have lived for a decade.
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Herald Mags, the King of Valdemar's Herald Spy, has been developing a network of young informants who operate on the streets and also in the halls and kitchens of the wealthy and highborn. His wife Amily is King's Own Herald and finds it useful to be underestimated for there are dark things stirring in the shadows of Haven. Someone has discovered many secrets of the women of the Court and the Collegia and is using those secrets to terrorize and bully...
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Si todos los tribunales hablan a través de sus sentencias, cuando quien se expresa es la Corte Suprema de Justicia, sus palabras y argumentos resuenan con una fuerza particular: ubicada en la cima de la pirámide organizativa del Poder Judicial, sus fallos son un modelo para el resto de los tribunales y un mensaje para toda la sociedad. Sin embargo, escasean los trabajos que muestren el revés de la trama de las más altas decisiones judiciales,...
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Do you know why I pulled you over? That is the epitome of a rhetorical question, and an estimated 100,000 people hear those eight words every day in the United States for scoring a speeding ticket. Some of those tickets may be unwarranted, but only 5 percent of folks try to contest their ticket. Luckily, there is a way you can successfully fight in traffic court without dishing out the dough for an attorney. How to Win Your Case In Traffic Court Without...
18) Shadow scale
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"Seraphina, half-dragon and half-human, searches for others like her who can make the difference in the war between dragons and humans in the kingdom of Goredd"--
19) Throne of glass
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In a land without magic, where the king rules with an iron hand, an assassin is summoned to the castle. She comes not to kill the king, but to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three killers, thieves, and warriors in a competition, she is released from prison to serve as the king's champion. Her name is Celaena Sardothien. The Crown Prince will provoke her. The Captain of the Guard will protect her. But something evil dwells in the castle of...
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El libro aborda la problemática de los delitos sexuales desde la óptica de las falsas denuncias, sin pretender con esto atentar contra los derechos fundamentales de las personas que han sido afectadas tanto de forma física como psicológica por agresiones sexuales, trátese de hombres, mujeres, niños niñas o adolescentes. Lo que aquí se trata es de mostrar al lector cómo se ha vuelto una "cacería de brujas" que en oportunidades obedece a intereses...
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