NCJ Number
35889
Editor(s)
M L FRIEDLAND
Date Published
1975
Length
172 pages
Annotation
A COLLECTION OF NINE STUDIES ON COURTS AND TRIALS THAT ARE WRITTEN BY NON-LAWYER CANADIAN SCHOLARS.
Abstract
TWO OF THE SELECTIONS WERE ENTERED AS SEPARATE NCJRS DOCUMENTS - 'PSYCHOPATHOLOGY OF THE TRIAL PROCESS' (NCJ-35890), AND 'THE CRIMINAL COURTS AND THE CONTROL OF ADDICTIONS' (NCJ-35891). OTHER STUDIES INCLUDE 'THE TRIAL OF SOCRATES: A STUDY IN THE MORALITY OF THE CRIMINAL PROCESS', 'THEORIES OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION AND THE LAW', 'PSYCHOLOGY AND EVIDENCE', 'JUDICIAL POWER IN CANADA'S POLITICAL CULTURE', 'COURTS', 'LEGISLATURES, AND THE PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS', 'THE COURTS AND ECONOMIC REGULATION', AND 'POLITICAL TRIALS AND THE CANADIAN POLITICAL TRADITION'. THE AUTHORS INCLUDE A PHILOSOPHER, A MATHEMATICIAN, A PSYCHOLOGIST, A POLITICAL SCIENTIST, A SOCIOLOGIST, AN ECONOMIST, AND A HISTORIAN.