The Craft of Justice : Politics and Work in Criminal Court Communities /

The final volume of a trilogy (begun with The Contours of Justice and The Tenor of Justice) based on a large-scale, complex study of nine criminal courts. Explains how criminal court policies reflect tensions or harmony among judges on the bench, and identifies and illustrates patterns of dominance...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Flemming, Roy B.
Otros Autores: Eisenstein, James, Nardulli, Peter F.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia, Pa. : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2016]
Colección:Law in Social Context
Temas:
Criminal justice, Administration of > Social aspects > United States.
Criminal justice, Administration of > Political aspects > United States.
Criminal courts > United States.
Tribunaux criminels > États-Unis.
LAW > Courts.
Criminal courts
Criminal justice, Administration of > Political aspects
Criminal justice, Administration of > Social aspects
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction: Craft and Communities
  • Part I: The Craft of Prosecution
  • 1. The Political Craft of Chief Prosecutors
  • 2. Leading Prosecutor Offices and the Courtroom Craft of Assistant Prosecutors
  • Part II: The Craft of Judging
  • 3. Bench Politics: The Social Organization of Courts and Their Policies
  • 4. Bench Craft: Moving Cases, Policing Pleas, Doing Justice
  • Part III: The Craft of Defense
  • 5. Defensive Craft: Why Getting Along Is (Mostly) Going Along
  • 6. Defending in Courtrooms: Making the "Right" Moves
  • Conclusions
  • Appendix A: Characteristics of the Nine Research Sites and the Interviews
  • Appendix B: Publications Based on the Nine-Court Project
  • Index
  • Backmatter

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