Courts on Trial: Myth and Reality in American Justice

by Jerome Frank

Book Overview

CONTENTS: I. The Needless Mystery of Court House Government. II. Fights and Rights. III. Facts Are Guesses. IV. Modern Legal Magic. V. Wizards and Lawyers. VI. The "Fight" Theory versus the "Truth" Theory. VII. The Procedural Reformers. VIII. The Jury System. IX. Defenses of the Jury System--Suggested Reforms. X. Are Judges Human? XI. Psychological Approaches. XII. Criticism of Trial-Court Decisions--The Gestalt. XIII. A Trial as a Communicative...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691027552
• ISBN13: 9780691027555
• Release Date: September 1973
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 456 Pages
• Weight: 0.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.4"