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  • Direct Examination and Harmful Facts

    Direct Examination and Harmful Facts Ron Miller at the Trial Lawyer Resource Center discusses the “sponsorship” rule for direct examination. Like Miller, I have always heard that it is better to address harmful facts in direct examination (“sponsor”them) than to let opposing counsel bring out those facts on cross. But Robert Klonoff and Paul Colby,…

  • EU Copyright Directive Part 3

    EU Copyright Directive Part 3   14 [Articles] Developing European Legal Information Markets based on Government Information Leith, P. International Journal of Law & Information Technology Volume 12, Number 3, Autumn 2004 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW This article examines the Directive on re-use of public sector information3 in light of an EU funded project…

  • Index

    Displayed Index in Legal Information Retrieval The following is a basic concept of Displayed Index in relation to information retrieval. In addition to this, Displayed Index may be applied to legal texts, including case law, legislation and scholarly works. Displayed indexes are indexes that […]

  • Index

    Displayed Index in Legal Information Retrieval The following is a basic concept of Displayed Index in relation to information retrieval. In addition to this, Displayed Index may be applied to legal texts, including case law, legislation and scholarly works. Displayed indexes are indexes that […]

  • Witness Testimony

    Introduction to Witness Judicial WitnessAn oath is required of every person called to testify at any kind of a judicial proceeding. Not every person may be competent to testify as a witness; a person of unsound mind, for example, may not be a witness. A person convicted of a crime, however,…

  • A Dictionary of Law Enforcement

    A Dictionary of Law Enforcement A Dictionary of Law Enforcement is “the only dictionary available -according to Oxford University Press, its publisher- that focuses on United Kingdom (British) law enforcement terms. This legal resource contains over 3,400 legal terms, covering many United Kingdom and European Union institutions.” Most of the entries in “A Dictionary of…

  • A Dictionary of Law Enforcement

    A Dictionary of Law Enforcement A Dictionary of Law Enforcement is “the only dictionary available -according to Oxford University Press, its publisher- that focuses on United Kingdom (British) law enforcement terms. This legal resource contains over 3,400 legal terms, covering many United Kingdom and European Union institutions.” Most of the entries in “A Dictionary of…

  • Trial Evidence

    Criminal Procedure: Trial EvidenceIntroduction to Trial EvidenceThe evidence presented by the prosecution or by the defense may consist of the oral testimony of witnesses, documentary evidence, and physical evidence, such as a murder weapon with the defendant's fingerprints on …

  • Trial Procedures

    Trial Trial by Jury Opening Statements and Trial ProceduresIntroduction to Trial ProceduresIn the United StatesThe opening remarks to the jury, in many jurisdictions, can be waived in both civil and criminal cases. If not waived, it is customary for the attorney for the pl…

  • Robinson List

    Lists to avoid Advertising (Direct marketing) The Robinson List The Robinson lists or Mail Preference Service (MPS) in some countries offers extensive protection from ad mails / shot mails intended for new customers,ensuring that customers get considerably fewer service offers and product news from enterprises they don’t know. Austria The so-called Robinson List contains name…

  • Criminology

    Introduction to Criminology According to Encarta, "Criminology, the scientific study of criminals and criminal behavior. Criminologists attempt to build theories that explain why crimes occur and test those theories by observing behavior. Criminological theories help shape society's […]

  • Family

    The Legal History of Family This section provides an overview of Family Family (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Family means: the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution 44/82 of 8 December 1989, proclaimed 1994 as the International Year of the Family (IYF) with its […]

  • Family

    The Legal History of Family This section provides an overview of Family Family (in the Human Development Area) In this context, Family means: the United Nations General Assembly in its resolution 44/82 of 8 December 1989, proclaimed 1994 as the International Year of the Family (IYF) with its […]

  • Censorship

    Introduction Censorship, supervision and control of the information and ideas that are circulated among the people within a society. In modern times, censorship refers to the examination of books, periodicals, plays, films, television and radio programs, news reports, and other […]

  • Civil Service

    Civil Service, name generally given to paid nonmilitary service in nonelective office in the executive branch of government. The term does not apply properly to service in the legislative branch or judicial branch, although in the United States some employees of these branches are subject to […]