The lawyer-judge bias in the American legal system /

"Virtually all American judges are former lawyers. This book argues that these lawyer-judges instinctively favor the legal profession in their decisions and that this bias has far-reaching and deleterious effects on American law. There are many reasons for this bias, some obvious and some subtl...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Barton, Benjamin H., 1969-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Temas:
Judges > Selection and appointment > United States.
Lawyers > United States.
Avocats > États-Unis.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
Judges > Selection and appointment.
Lawyers.
United States.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • An ambient bias
  • The theory
  • Constitutional criminal procedure
  • Civil constitutional law
  • A short history of lawyer regulation
  • Current lawyer regulation
  • Torts
  • Evidence and civil procedure
  • The business of law
  • Enron's sole survivors
  • Complexity and the lawyer-judge bias
  • Rays of hope, ramifications, and possible solutions.

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