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  • 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,…

  • Expert Witnesses

    Follow that with a search of (a) expert directories, (b) news, (c)judicial opinions and (d) case filings in the relevant databases, as appropriate, on Lexis and/or a Westlaw. Also check directories for the expert’s field (find lawyers) and the appropriate article index(es) on Dialog (e.g., the “Engineering Index”) or elsewhere (e.g., Medline for doctors). You…

  • Administrative Law Judges

    Administrative Law Judges in the United States According to the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (Third Edition, Domonic A. Bearfield Melvin J. Dubnick, CRC Press 2015), they "preside over quasi-judicial hearings in executive branch agencies. These hearings are […]

  • Administrative Law Judges

    Administrative Law Judges in the United States According to the Encyclopedia of Public Administration and Public Policy (Third Edition, Domonic A. Bearfield Melvin J. Dubnick, CRC Press 2015), they "preside over quasi-judicial hearings in executive branch agencies. These hearings are […]

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  • Gender Inequality

    Definition A concept is provided by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) in the following terms: "Gender equality is, first and foremost, a human right. Women are entitled to live in dignity and in freedom from want and from fear. Empowering women is also an indispensable tool […]

  • Civil Law System

    Overview Civil law may be defined as that legal tradition which has its origin in Roman law, as codified in the Corpus Juris Civilis of Justinian,[1] and as subsequently developed in Continental Europe and around the world. Civil law eventually divided into two streams: the codified Roman […]

  • Interrogation

    Crime Detection: InterrogationIntroduction to InterrogationThe information needed to further an investigation must be obtained from people who have some significant knowledge concerning the crime. Witnesses or victims are interviewed, and suspects are interrogated. Eyewitnesses to …

  • International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Part 6

    International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Part 6   87 Admitting and Evaluating Evidence in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia Appeals Chamber Proceedings. A Few Remarks Ulf S. Lundqvist Leiden Journal of International Law Volume 15, Number 3, September 2002 p.641-665 LAW JOURNAL / LAW REVIEW 88 The International Criminal Tribunal…

  • Challenge

    Introduction Challenge (O. Fr. chalonge, calenge, etc., from Lat. calumnia, originally meaning trickery, from calvi, to deceive, hence a false accusation, a “calumny”), originally a charge against a person or a claim to anything, a defiance. The term is now particularly used of an invitation […]

  • Challenge

    Introduction Challenge (O. Fr. chalonge, calenge, etc., from Lat. calumnia, originally meaning trickery, from calvi, to deceive, hence a false accusation, a “calumny”), originally a charge against a person or a claim to anything, a defiance. The term is now particularly used of an invitation […]

  • 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 […]

  • Legal Profession

    The Legal History of Legal Profession in Islamic Law This section provides an overview of Legal Profession in Islamic Law Introduction This entry provides an overview of the legal framework of legal profession, with a description of the most significant features of legal profession at […]

  • Evidence

    Introduction to Evidence Evidence, the means by which disputed facts are proved to be true or untrue in any trial before a court of law or an agency that functions like a court. Because American law is committed to a rational rather than a formalistic system of evidence, no value is assigned […]

  • Evidence

    Introduction to Evidence Evidence, the means by which disputed facts are proved to be true or untrue in any trial before a court of law or an agency that functions like a court. Because American law is committed to a rational rather than a formalistic system of evidence, no value is assigned […]