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Legal accents, legal borrowing

Nolan, James L

2009,2011

Overview

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.

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Subject: Adjudication / Alternative convictions / American Criminal Law Review / American influences / Anti-Americanism / Arie Freiberg / Attempt / Australians / Boldness / Canadians / Case study / Center for Court Innovation / Common law / Community court / Community service / Comparative / Conflict resolution / Consideration / Counsel / Court / Court order / Courtroom / Courts / Courts of England and Wales / Crime / Crime prevention / Criminal jurisdiction / Criminal justice / Criminal justice, Administration of / Criminology / Defendant / Discretion / Dispute resolution (Law) / District attorney / Diversion program / Domestic violence / Domestic violence court / Drug court / Drug rehabilitation / Due process / England and Wales / Ethnography / Formality / Globalization / Home Office / Institution / International law / Judicial activism / Judiciary / Jurisdiction / Justice / LAW / LAW / Comparative / Law school / Lawyer / Legal culture / Legal practice / Legislation / Litigation / Magistrate / Mental health court / Natural justice / Nomenclature / Oxford University Press / Precedent / Probation / Probation officer / Problem solving / Problem-solving courts in the United States / Procedural law / Program director / Prohibition of drugs / Prosecutor / Punishment / Restorative justice / Social influence / Social issue / SOCIAL SCIENCE / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Criminology / SOCIAL SCIENCE / Customs & Traditions / Sociology / Solicitor / Standing (law) / Statute / The Other Hand / Therapeutic jurisprudence / U.S.A / Victim Support / Working group
• ISBN: 9780691150147, 9780691129525, 0691150141, 0691129525, 9781400830794, 1400830796