| Description |
1 online resource (x, 250 pages) : illustrations |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-242) and index. |
| Contents |
Problem solving and courts of law -- Law and culture in comparative perspective -- Anglo-American alternatives : England and the United States -- Commonwealth contrasts : Canada and Australia -- Devolution and difference : Scotland and Ireland -- American exceptionalism -- Ambivalent anti-Americanism -- Building confidence, justifying justice. |
| Summary |
A wide variety of problem-solving courts have been developed in the United States over the past two decades and are now being adopted in countries around the world. These innovative courts--including drug courts, community courts, domestic violence courts, and mental health courts--do not simply adjudicate offenders. Rather, they attempt to solve the problems underlying such criminal behaviors as petty theft, prostitution, and drug offenses. Legal Accents, Legal Borrowing is a study of the international problem-solving court movement and the first comparative analysis of the development of these courts in the United States and the other countries where the movement is most advanced: England, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, and Australia. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Criminal justice, Administration of.
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Criminal justice, Administration of. |
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Dispute resolution (Law)
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Dispute resolution (Law) |
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Alternative convictions.
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Alternative convictions. |
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Restorative justice.
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Restorative justice. |
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Law -- American influences.
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Law -- American influences. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Subject |
Law. |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Nolan, James L., Jr. Legal accents, legal borrowing. Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2009 9780691129525 (DLC) 2008037719 (OCoLC)247439716 |
| ISBN |
9781400830794 (electronic book) |
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1400830796 (electronic book) |
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9780691129525 |
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0691129525 |
| Standard No. |
9781400830794 |
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