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Land Without Plea Bargaining: How The Germans Do It, John H. Langbein
Land Without Plea Bargaining: How The Germans Do It, John H. Langbein
Michigan Law Review
The present Article demonstrates the error of this universalist theory of plea bargaining by showing how and why one major legal system, the West German, has so successfully avoided any form or analogue of plea bargaining in its procedures for cases of serious crime. The German criminal justice system functions without plea bargaining not by good fortune, but as a result of deliberate policies and careful institutional design whose essential elements are outlined in Part I. Part II addresses the American claims that a clandestine plea bargaining system lurks behind veils of German pretense.
What Causes Fundamental Legal Ideas? Marital Property In England And France In The Thirteenth Century, Charles Donahue Jr.
What Causes Fundamental Legal Ideas? Marital Property In England And France In The Thirteenth Century, Charles Donahue Jr.
Michigan Law Review
Categorizing broadly, the marital property systems of the Western nations today are divided into two types: those in which husband and wife own all property separately except those items that they have expressly agreed to hold jointly (in a nontechnical sense) and those in which husband and wife own a substantial portion or even all of their property jointly unless they have expressly agreed to hold it separately. The system of separate property is the "common law" system, in force in most jurisdictions where the Anglo-American common law is in force. The system of joint property is the community property …
Litigation And Mediation In Thailand, Sally Falk Moore
Litigation And Mediation In Thailand, Sally Falk Moore
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Code and Custom in a Thai Provincial Court by David M. Engel
South Africa: Using The Law To Establish And Maintain A Pigmentocracy, Rex S. Heinke
South Africa: Using The Law To Establish And Maintain A Pigmentocracy, Rex S. Heinke
Michigan Law Review
A Review of Human Rights and the South African Legal Order by John Dugard
The Cardinal's Court: The Impact Of Thomas Wolsey In Star Chamber, Michigan Law Review
The Cardinal's Court: The Impact Of Thomas Wolsey In Star Chamber, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The Cardinal's Court: The Impact of Thomas Wolsey in Star Chamber by John A. Guy
A Significant Contribution To The Literature Of Comparative Law, Arthur T. Von Mehren
A Significant Contribution To The Literature Of Comparative Law, Arthur T. Von Mehren
Michigan Law Review
A Review of An Introduction to Comparative Law: Vol.I, The Framework; Vol. II, The Institutions of Private Law by Konrad Zweigert and Hein Kötz
Comparative Family Law: Law And Social Change?, Charles Donahue Jr.
Comparative Family Law: Law And Social Change?, Charles Donahue Jr.
Michigan Law Review
A Review of State, Law and Family: Family Law in Transition in the United States and Western Europe by Mary Ann Glendon
The Greek Concept Of Justice, Michigan Law Review
The Greek Concept Of Justice, Michigan Law Review
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The Greek Concept of Justice by Eric A. Havelock