Justice in America
Subtitle: How it works - how it fails
By: Russell F. Moran
Contributors: Coddington Press
Publisher: Coddington Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: East Islip, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 260
ISBN-13: 9781463632700
Subjects: Administration of Criminal justice; Torts; Discrimination in justice administration; Eminent domain; Judges; Selection and appointment; Courts; Trials, litigation; Costs (Law); United States; United States. Supreme Court; Constitution (United States)
Description: The world envies, and in some cases despises, the American system of justice. In this frank and compelling book, author and attorney Russell Moran leads the reader on an exciting tour of the system that delivers our rights. 'Justice in America : how it works - how it fails, doesn't pull any punches. Whether you're a lawyer, a judge, or a layman, Moran takes you on a journey through the American system of justice in a candid, colorful, and occasionally humorous examination of the country's most critical institution. Among other topics, Moran covers: What is justice? ; The economic meltdown ; The American system of law ; The radical new legal environment of the 21st century ; Judges - how we select, pay and train them ; How judges make decisions ; The U.S. Constitution - how it has changed drastically ; The wild world of torts - the largest part of the civil justice system.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : what is justice?; title: The economic meltdown; title: The American system of law; title: The legal environment in the 21st century; title: Judges : the people who administer the system; title: How we select our judges; title: Judicial compensation; title: Judicial decision making; title: Constraints and motivations of the job of judging; title: Sleeping on the bench; title: The law of the land; title: The wild world of torts; title: Conclusion : is there justice in America?