Judges Judging And Humour

Author : Jessica Milner Davis
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319767380
Total Pages : 335 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Judges, Judging and Humour written by Jessica Milner Davis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-07-20 with total page 335 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines social aspects of humour relating to the judiciary, judicial behaviour, and judicial work across different cultures and eras, identifying how traditionally recorded wit and humorous portrayals of judges reflect social attitudes to the judiciary over time. It contributes to cultural studies and social science/socio-legal studies of both humour and the role of emotions in the judiciary and in judging. It explores the surprisingly varied intersections between humour and the judiciary in several legal systems: judges as the target of humour; legal decisions regulating humour; the use of humour to manage aspects of judicial work and courtroom procedure; and judicial/legal figures and customs featuring in comic and satiric entertainment through the ages. Delving into the multi-layered connections between the seriousness of the work of the judiciary on the one hand, and the lightness of humour on the other hand, this fascinating collection will be of particular interest to scholars of the legal system, the criminal justice system, humour studies, and cultural studies.

Author : Vanessa D. Gilmore
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9781453569511
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.10/5 ( download)

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Download or read book You Can't Make This Stuff Up written by Vanessa D. Gilmore and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2010-11 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Is it possible to be a judge and have a sense of humor too? Judge Vanessa Gilmore shows us that the answer is a resounding yes! In this humorous, autobiographical collection of short stories, Judge Gilmore reveals a glimpse of life on and off the bench. A master storyteller, and a lover of all things funny, Judge Gilmore would often regale her friends at parties with tales of her life. When she related a story about a criminal defendant who was flirting with her as she took his plea, and another who dressed as king during his trial, her friends insisted that these stories could not be true. This book shows us that life really is stranger and funnier than fiction. From hilarious tales of flirting criminals and fighting lawyers, to heart warming stories of time spent mentoring young girls, we see it all through the eyes of a judge. Vanessa found humor when a man in a restaurant insisted that she should stop saying she was a federal judge because it just sounded too far fetched and vindication when her young son asked if boys could be judges too. This book will leave you laughing and asking if life as a judge can really be this much fun.

Author : Richard A. Posner
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674184653
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reflections on Judging written by Richard A. Posner and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-10-07 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Reflections on Judging, Richard Posner distills the experience of his thirty-one years as a judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Surveying how the judiciary has changed since his 1981 appointment, he engages the issues at stake today, suggesting how lawyers should argue cases and judges decide them, how trials can be improved, and, most urgently, how to cope with the dizzying pace of technological advance that makes litigation ever more challenging to judges and lawyers. For Posner, legal formalism presents one of the main obstacles to tackling these problems. Formalist judges--most notably Justice Antonin Scalia--needlessly complicate the legal process by advocating "canons of constructions" (principles for interpreting statutes and the Constitution) that are confusing and self-contradictory. Posner calls instead for a renewed commitment to legal realism, whereby a good judge gathers facts, carefully considers context, and comes to a sensible conclusion that avoids inflicting collateral damage on other areas of the law. This, Posner believes, was the approach of the jurists he most admires and seeks to emulate: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Louis Brandeis, Benjamin Cardozo, Learned Hand, Robert Jackson, and Henry Friendly, and it is an approach that can best resolve our twenty-first-century legal disputes.

Author : Chris Walkowicz
Publisher : Dogwise Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1929242662
Total Pages : 113 pages
Book Rating : 4.65/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dog Show Judging written by Chris Walkowicz and published by Dogwise Publishing. This book was released on 2009 with total page 113 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get the inside story on how dog show judges get started, build their skills and acquire their credentials. Whether you're a competitor or aspiring judge, this realistic-but-light-hearted book explains what judges are looking for and what it's like to judge.

Author : Brad Leithauser
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0525564128
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Promise of Elsewhere written by Brad Leithauser and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2020-02-25 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comic novel about a Midwestern professor who tries to prop up his failing prospects for happiness by setting out on the Journey of a Lifetime. Louie Hake is forty-three and teaches architectural history at a third-rate college in Michigan. His second marriage is collapsing, and he's facing a potentially disastrous medical diagnosis. In an attempt to fend off what has become a soul-crushing existential crisis, he decides to treat himself to a tour of the world's most breathtaking architectural sites. Perhaps not surprisingly, Louie gets waylaid on his very first stop in Rome--ludicrously, spectacularly so--and fails to reach most of his other destinations. He embarks on a doomed romance with a jilted bride celebrating her ruined marriage plans alone in London. And in the Arctic he finds that turf houses and aluminum sheds don't amount to much of an architectural tradition. But it turns out that there's another sort of architecture there: icebergs the size of cathedrals, bobbing beside a strange and wondrous landscape. It soon becomes clear that Louie's grand journey is less about where his wanderings have taken him and more about where his past encounters with romance have not. Whether pursuing his first wife, or his estranged current wife, or the older woman he kissed just once a quarter-century ago, Louie reveals himself to be endearing, deeply touching, wonderfully ridiculous . . . and destined to find love in all the wrong places.

Author : Lynnann Frydrych
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781493524846
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ethics of Judge Nadeau written by Lynnann Frydrych and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2013-12-11 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A TRUE STORY OF SEX AND BETRAYAL, AND THE ETHICS THAT MAKE IT OKAY-THE ETHICS OF JUDGE NADEAU is the the story of a judge who is (at the time of publishing this book) currently presiding over York County Probate Court in Maine. Referencing real exhibits and depositions in an actual court case, THE ETHICS OF JUDGE NADEAU provides a bird's eye view into the reasoning behind behavior so incredible it will take your breath away. This candid and (often) humorous account of Judge Nadeau's antics (in and out of the courtroom) is as entertaining as it is disturbing. For us, the authors, it represents the last decade of our lives. The premise of the book is that there are some things a lawyer shouldn't do—especially if he's a judge—because they are either unethical, illegal, or just plain stupid. Here are the top ten: 1. A lawyer should not sleep with a client. 2. A lawyer should not disclose what his client tells him in confidentiality to everyone who will listen. 3. A lawyer should not secretly advise the opponents in a former client's case. 4. A lawyer should not stalk, slander and terrorize former clients. 5. A lawyer should not enter his personal psych file as an exhibit without reading it first. 6. A lawyer should not sue everyone he hates...just because he can. 7. A lawyer should not make two—or even three—opposing statements under oath. 8. A lawyer should not use depositions to get personal information from witnesses to use against them later. 9. A lawyer should not use client funds to pay his firm's operating expenses. 10. And finally, if a lawyer does do all of the things listed above, he should probably not put it all in writing. Not only has Judge Robert Nadeau done all of these things, but he actually tries to defend them in his many emails, pleadings and depositions (most of which are either included in the book or published online). Worst of all, the judicial system has supported him every step of the way. Whether or not you actually find yourself in a courtroom, THE ETHICS OF JUDGE NADEAU will impact the way you view our judicial system.

Author : American Bar Association. House of Delegates
Publisher : American Bar Association
ISBN 13 : 9781590318737
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Model Rules of Professional Conduct written by American Bar Association. House of Delegates and published by American Bar Association. This book was released on 2007 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.

Author : Charles Benjamin Schudson
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Press
ISBN 13 : 0299320308
Total Pages : 285 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Independence Corrupted written by Charles Benjamin Schudson and published by University of Wisconsin Press. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 285 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With experience as both a trial and appellate judge, Charles Benjamin Schudson knows the burdens on judges. With engaging candor, he takes readers behind the bench to probe judicial minds analyzing actual trials and sentencings—of abortion protesters, murderers, sex predators, white supremacists, and others. He takes us into chambers to hear judges forging appellate decisions about life and death, multimillion-dollar damages, and priceless civil rights. And, most significantly, he exposes the financial, political, personal, and professional pressures that threaten judicial ethics and independence. As political attacks on judges increase, Schudson calls for reforms to protect judicial independence and for vigilance to ensure justice for all. Independence Corrupted is invaluable for students and scholars, lawyers and judges, and all citizens concerned about the future of America's courts.

Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Legare Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781021627520
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Judge's Library: A Monthly Magazine of Fun, Volumes 1-21 written by Anonymous and published by Legare Street Press. This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for a good laugh? Look no further than Judges' Library, the monthly magazine of fun. This collection features volumes 1-21 and includes humorous stories, jokes, and other forms of entertainment. Perfect for anyone looking to lighten the mood or pass the time with a good chuckle. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Antonin Scalia
Publisher : West Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9780314184719
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Making Your Case written by Antonin Scalia and published by West Publishing Company. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In their professional lives, courtroom lawyers must do these two things well: speak persuasively and write persuasively. In this noteworthy book, two noted legal writers systematically present every important idea about judicial persuasion in a fresh, entertaining way. The book covers the essentials of sound legal reasoning, including how to develop the syllogism that underlies any argument. From there the authors explain the art of brief writing, especially what to include and what to omit, so that you can induce the judge to focus closely on your arguments. Finally, they show what it takes to succeed in oral argument.