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Warum jeder das Recht auf einen Anwalt hat. Nachdem der Neonazi Stephan Ernst den Kasseler Regierungspräsidenten Walter Lübcke erschossen hatte, beauftragte er, der Ausländer und Zuwanderer abgrundtief verachtete, ausgerechnet den türkischstämmigen Anwalt Mustafa Kaplan mit seiner Verteidigung.

Considerado um dos mais importantes advogados do país, Francisco Müssnich divide com o ouvinte o conhecimento que acumulou ao longo de mais de 40 anos de profissão para ajudar futuros advogados a construir as bases de uma carreira sólida e bem-sucedida.

The first Chief Justice of the United States, John Jay faced many unique challenges. When the stability and success of the new nation were far from certain, a body of federalized American law had to be created from scratch.

Born into dire poverty in the segregated South and abandoned by his father as a child, Justice Clarence Thomas triumphed over seemingly insurmountable odds to become one of the most influential justices on the Supreme Court. Yet after three decades of honorable service, few know him beyond his contentious confirmation and the surrounding media firestorm. Who is Justice Clarence Thomas, in his own words? Created Equal builds on dozens of hours of groundbreaking one-on-one interviews with Thomas to share a new, expanded account of his powerful story for the first time.

Højesteretssagfører Bernt Hjejle ser tilbage på nogle af de store personligheder, han gennem et langt liv har mødt, og leverer en række erindringsportrætter af otte "enere", der på mange måder skiller sig ud fra mængden. De otte enere, der beskrives i denne bog, er Ebbe Munck, Eigil Knuth, Johannes Brøndsted, Karl Hude, Oskar Bondo Svane, Guy Shaw, Sascha Wamberg og Hans Nikolaj Hansen. Bernt Hjejle (1901-1994) var dr.jur. og højesteretssagfører.

How do attorneys who represent clients facing the death penalty cope with the stress and trauma of their work? Through conversations with 20 of the most experienced and dedicated post-conviction capital defenders in the United States, Fighting for Their Lives explores this emotional territory for the first time. Through vivid interviews amplified by the author's responses and commentary, these attorneys reveal aspects of their internal experience that they have never talked about until now.

Suppose one day, your son or husband, while serving in the military or working as a journalist, is taken hostage by a terrorist group - and you have no idea whether your loved one is dead or alive. It’s a nightmare scenario. Here for the first time is the story of Ory Slonim, the one man in Israel who, for more than two decades, was known as the “door knocker.” He had been a private Israeli lawyer when he was asked to undertake, on behalf of the Israeli government, secret negotiations to find out the whereabouts of Israeli soldiers who were taken alive.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginburg is for many a truly iconic Supreme Court Justice. This volume reviews some landmark cases, in which she was a key participant. Justice Ginsburg was a fierce advocate for sexual equality, and was the founding director of the Women's Rights Project at the ACLU including arguing cases before the Supreme Court on many occasions.

While many books have been written from the perspective of judges, lawyers and various law enforcement officers, none have been written by a black woman court reporter. What began as my wanting to share my experiences has become another cover lifted off of the unjust justice system under which we currently live. Consequently, I offer Recollections of a Black Court Reporter as a truth being told out of season.

Una mattina di aprile del 1984 una chiamata cambia per sempre la vita del giudice Leonardo Guarnotta. Al telefono il consigliere istruttore Antonino Caponnetto: gli chiede di far parte del pool antimafia, costituito pochi mesi prima in un bunker del Tribunale di Palermo, al fianco di Giovanni Falcone, Paolo Borsellino e Giuseppe Di Lello. È l'inizio di una stagione investigativa e giudiziaria intensa e appassionante, che porterà alla celebrazione del maxiprocesso e a importanti condanne contro i boss di Cosa nostra.

Il libro presenta il percorso autobiografico di un protagonista delle grandi inchieste degli anni Ottanta e Novanta. I valori di famiglia, l'educazione e le tappe formative sfociano nella decisione di entrare in magistratura: la narrazione scorre rievocando la cultura del Sessantotto, gli omicidi dei colleghi Alessandrini e Galli; l'adesione a Magistratura Democratica; la clamorosa inchiesta su Licio Gelli e la Loggia P2 e gli altrettanto clamorosi "tronconi" derivati dell'inchiesta.

Boulin, Urba, Elf, les frégates de Taïwan, Clearstream, Kerviel, Cahuzac, Karachi, Balkany... Le juge Van Ruymbeke a instruit pendant plus de quarante ans les grandes affaires financières qui ont secoué notre République. Tenace et libre, il est la figure emblématique de la lutte anticorruption. Dans ces mémoires vibrantes, animé par sa si chère indépendance, il raconte la manière dont il s'est attaqué aux sphères du pouvoir et au financement illégal des partis politiques.

Spiegel Bestseller. "Wenn es um Menschlichkeit geht, gibt es kein Wenn und Aber". Er war als Soldat beim D-Day, als Ermittler bei der Befreiung der Konzentrationslager und als Ankläger bei den Nürnberger Prozessen dabei: Benjamin Ferencz hat ein ganzes Jahrhundert miterlebt und sein Leben der Gerechtigkeit gewidmet. Unermüdlich hat Ben, wie er sich selbst nennt, sich für eine gerechte und friedliche Welt eingesetzt.

Burkhard Benecken und Hans Reinhardt, zwei der bekanntesten Strafverteidiger Deutschlands, geben Einblick in ihren Berufsalltag und verhandeln dabei die großen Fragen um Schuld und Moral. Ein hoch spannendes Sachhörbuch in bester True-Crime-Manier. Wie ist es, tagtäglich auf der Seite von mutmaßlichen Verbrechern zu stehen und für sie zu kämpfen? Anhand von eindringlichen Fallgeschichten zeigen die Autoren die Instrumente der Strafverteidigung und diskutieren dabei die Fragen, die sich jeder schon einmal gestellt hat: Hat der mehrfache Mörder einen fairen Prozess verdient?

Durante o período no qual o autor exerceu o encargo de Presidente de Comissões Disciplinares, por cerca de 10 (dez) anos, na Procuradoria-Geral da República (PGR), em Brasília, e demais unidades da Federação, presenciou muito sofrimento e angústia de agentes públicos que respondiam um processo administrativo disciplinar ou sindicância acusatória. Hoje, atuando como advogado nessa área do direito, ele continua presenciando as mesmas angústias e sofrimentos.

Fue el hombre que encarceló a secretarios de Estado, se encargó de la aprehensión de la Quina -el líder petrolero más poderoso de finales del siglo XX-, que capturó al narcotraficante Miguel Ángel Félix Gallardo y quien recuperó las joyas del Museo Nacional de Antropología. Esta es la historia de Javier Coello Trejo contada por él mismo.

During the summer of 1984 20-year-old Tommy Hamilton, the product of a deprived childhood in rural Alabama, shoots and kills his boss. Convicted of murder, Tommy is sentenced to death. Before facing the electric chair, one final appeal offers the chance to save Tommy's life, if only his two Chicago-based lawyers and a nun from Alabama can prove he is not legally guilty...even if he is not truly innocent.

Jens Møller Jensen ist der bekannteste Mordermittler Dänemarks. In seiner langen Laufbahn als Leiter der Mordkommission Kopenhagen hat er viele spektakuläre Fälle gelöst: u.a. die Ermordung der schwedischen Journalistin Kim Wall auf einem selbstgebauten U-Boot, einen aufsehenerregenden Schusswechsel in Christiana und einen Terroranschlag auf die jüdische Synagoge. In seinem Buch berichtet er von diesen und anderen Fällen - und konfrontiert die Leser*innen hautnah mit den Zweifeln und Anfechtungen, von denen auch ein erfolgreicher Ermittler nicht frei ist.

Supreme Court Justice Ginsburg’s life shaped her career, and her career shaped her life. From inheriting her mother’s overwhelming passion for knowledge and equality to changing the legal system as we know it, this book travels with Ruth on her journey from Kiki Bader to the “notorious RBG”.

It is true that some people are very damaged. It is not true that they are all unsalvageable. The Lifer and the Lawyer raises questions about childhood trauma, religion, race, the purpose of punishment, and a criminal justice system that requires harmless old men to die in prison.