Performing Judicial Authority in the Lower Courts

TRAMA

A highly original and empirically-informed study of the performance of judicial authority in the lower criminal courts, bringing together extensive socio-legal research and interviews with magistrates, judges and court staff to offer up a more varied and nuanced analysis of the legitimacy of judicial decision-making.

SOMMARIO

Preface.- 1. Lower courts, judicial officers and legitimacy.- 2. Lower Courts.- 3. Everyday work in the lower courts.- 4. Judicial attitudes towards every day work.- 5. Time management.- 6. Demeanour in court.- 7. Delivering decisions in court.- 8. Conclusion.

AUTORE

Sharyn Roach Anleu is is Matthew Flinders Distinguished Professor in the School of Social and Policy Studies at Flinders University, Adelaide, and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia. She has published widely on sociology of law, deviance and social control, and gender in the legal profession.Kathy Mack is an Emerita Professor in the Flinders Law School at Flinders University, Australia. She is the author of a monograph, book chapters and articles on alternative dispute resolution, and articles on legal education and evidence. With her co-author, Sharyn Roach Anleu, she has also conducted empirical research involving plea negotiations.

ALTRE INFORMAZIONI

• Condizione: Nuovo
• ISBN: 9781137521583
• Collana: Palgrave Socio-Legal Studies
• Dimensioni: 234 x 156 mm Ø 4981 gr
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Illustration Notes: XIV, 234 p.
• Pagine Arabe: 234
• Pagine Romane: xiv