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Waiver Of Trial By Jury In Criminal Cases, S. Chesterfield Oppenheim
Waiver Of Trial By Jury In Criminal Cases, S. Chesterfield Oppenheim
Michigan Law Review
Waiver of jury trial in criminal cases generally is a highly practical issue at the present time both from the standpoint of the public and of the accused. The belief is common that the element of delay is one of the primary causes of the general disrespect attaching to the courts of criminal juridiction. It is said that an overzealousness in shielding the citizen against oppression and injustice has resulted in shifting to the background expedients designed to simplify and give momentum to the disposition of criminal cases.
Sidelights On The Permanent Court Of International Justice, Ake Hammarskjold
Sidelights On The Permanent Court Of International Justice, Ake Hammarskjold
Michigan Law Review
In bidding you welcome, in the name of the Permanent Court of International Justice, in this room where that great institution holds its public meetings and pronounces its judgments and opinions, my first word should be, I think, one of regret-regret that a more worthy representative of the Court has not been able to receive you here today. And I daresay that the President of the Court, who would have been the obvious person to welcome you, shares those regrets,-although perhaps from a different point of view. He would, in fact, have liked immensely to be able to meet you …