The faces of justice and state authority
Subtitle: a comparative approach to the legal process
By: Mirjan R. Damas̆ka.
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1986
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 247
Subjects: Justice, Administration of.; Courts.; Law and politics.
Description: A leading legal scholar provides a highly original comparative analysis of how justice is administered in legal systems around the world and of the profound and often puzzling changes taking place in civil and criminal procedure. Constructing a conceptual framework of the legal process based on the link between politics and justice, Mirjan R. Damaska provides a new perspective that enables disparate procedural features to emerge as fascinating recognizable patterns.--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.