For the last two decades, Sidney Tarrow has explored" contentious politics"—disruptions of
the settled political order caused by social movements. These disruptions range from strikes …

Introduction The word “transplant” conjures up diverse images, whether it is a team of
doctors crowded around an operating table during an organ transplant, or rows of small …

In Europe and the United States, two different global legal traditions exist: 2 Anglo-American
common law and Romano-Germanic civil law. These two systems have evolved into what …

For centuries, the process of jury decision making has been shrouded in secrecy, permitting
juries to decide cases without outside scrutiny. But in the last few decades, there have been …

The Oxford Handbook of Criminal Process surveys the topics and issues in the field of
criminal process, including the laws, institutions, and practices of the criminal justice …

Эволюция уголовного судопроизводства, его акцентированное обращение к ценности
прав человека во второй половине XX века, сопровождающееся активной …

The paper provides a conceptual distinction between evidence assessment criteria and
standards of proof. Evidence must be assessed in order to check whether it satisfies a …

Jury systems are often ushered in during periods of crisis and change. For example, Russia
resurrected its long-dormant jury system in the 1990s during a remarkable period of …

The jury in the United States is fraught with paradoxes. Even though the number of jury trials
in the United States continues to decline, 1 jury trials play a prominent role in our culture2 …

The article distinguishes evidence assessment criteria from standards of proof and
addresses three main questions. First: why do some scholars and decision-makers take …