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Combatiendo Las “Nulidades-Sorpresa”: El Derecho Fundamental Del Contradictorio En La Perspectiva De La Nulidad Procesal, Renzo Cavani
Combatiendo Las “Nulidades-Sorpresa”: El Derecho Fundamental Del Contradictorio En La Perspectiva De La Nulidad Procesal, Renzo Cavani
Renzo Cavani
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Law And Lawyers In The U.S.: The Hero-Villain Dichotomy, Judith A. Mcmorrow
Law And Lawyers In The U.S.: The Hero-Villain Dichotomy, Judith A. Mcmorrow
Judith A. McMorrow
Lawyers in U.S. culture are often presented in either an extremely positive or extremely negative light. Although popular culture exaggerates and oversimplifies the 'good v. bad' dynamic of lawyers, this dichotomy provides important insights into the role attorneys play in the U.S. legal system, the boundaries of legal ethics, and the extent to which the U.S. legal system is relied upon to address our society's great moral and social dilemmas.
The Rise Of The American Adversary System: America Before England, Randolph N. Jonakait
The Rise Of The American Adversary System: America Before England, Randolph N. Jonakait
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The standard versions of the adversary system's development show that as more lawyers participated in English criminal trials in eighteenth century England criminal procedure became increasingly adversary. Those versions largely ignore American history which shows that the colonies and early America did not simply adopt the English adversary system but moved to an adversary system in advance of England. This article discusses data and developments indicating America's early adoption of an adversary system, including the American guarantee of a right of counsel, the routine presence of counsel in criminal cases in the colonies and the new United States, the American …