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Questo audiolibro è un unicum. Mai fino ad ora un giudice della Corte aveva descritto il funzionamento di un organo così centrale nella vita giudiziaria e politica del nostro paese, e che parla solo attraverso le proprie sentenze. Con prosa misurata ma non reticente, sfilano nelle pagine, minuziosamente annotati, nove anni incandescenti (dal 2005 al 2014) punteggiati da sentenze "storiche", precedute e seguite da polemiche e speculazioni anche giornalistiche.

A lawyer, arbitrator, and judge, as well as a politicial activist and feminist, Nancy Morrison practiced law and adjudicated in Ontario, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. For more than 50 years, she has been a public speaker on social and political issues. As a judge, she served for nine years on the British Columbia Provincial court, 1972-1981, including three years as a vice-chair of the BC Labour relations board; and 15 years on the Supreme Court of British Columbia, 1996-2011. Raised in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, she now lives in Vancouver.

In From Crime to Crime Richard Henriques tells the story behind his most famous cases and includes his trenchant views on the state of the British judicial system; how it works - or doesn't - and the current threats to the rule of law that affect us all.

'This book is NUTS – in the best possible way. A relentless roller coaster ride through the heaven and hell of modern Russia' PETER POMERANZEV 'Written with all the pace and energy of a John Grisham novel … An incredible true story and a great read!' BILL BROWDER 'If you want to know how...

Après un demi-siècle d’une carrière hors norme, Gilbert Collard nous révèle les coulisses parfois cocasses, parfois dramatiques, de plusieurs affaires retentissantes dans lesquelles il a joué un rôle crucial. Ainsi, grâce à ses notes et une mémoire précise, il décortique l’affaire Ranucci, la tuerie d’Auriol, le procès du général Aussaresses – l’ancien des services spéciaux qui fut l’un des tous premiers à avouer la torture en Algérie , ou encore celle de Laïd Moussa, l’assassin assassiné, celle des " bébés échangés" et enfin celle du Grand-Bornand...

What happens when you unearth boxes of old letters, dog-eared essays, rebellious cartoons, and forgotten report cards from a dusty storage unit? You get SCRIBBLINGS FROM STORAGE, The Confessions of an English Major—a candid, witty, and deeply human memoir by Charles Francis Guittard, Baylor class of 1964. Told through the artifacts of his so-called “permanent record,” this unconventional memoir traces Charles’s winding journey as an earnest but often insecure teenager stumbling reluctantly toward adulthood.

Ein Toter auf einer Berliner Straße – Opfer eines heimtückischen Mordes oder ein tragischer Unfall? Eine grausam verstümmelte Frauenleiche – war es ein brutales Sexualverbrechen? Ein Ehepaar mit schweren Vergiftungssymptomen – standen die beiden auf der Todesliste des russischen Geheimdiensts? Der Rechtsmediziner Michael Tsokos wird immer dann von den Ermittlungsbehörden um Hilfe gebeten, wenn sie mit ihrer Aufklärungsarbeit nicht weiterkommen. Er soll herausfinden, was die Toten nicht mehr erzählen können.

Advocate Sanne De Clerck neemt de lezer mee achter de schermen van tal van zedenzaken. Is incest altijd strafbaar? Hoe ga je met pedofielen om? En hoe moeilijk is het om als advocate daders van seksueel geweld bij te staan? Sanne De Clerck vertegenwoordigde slachtoffers en nabestaanden van de aanslagen in Brussel en Zaventem.

Le témoignage coup de poing d'un ministre hors norme : premier avocat pénaliste à devenir garde des Sceaux, Éric Dupond-Moretti se livre sans concession sur ses quatre années passées place Vendôme.

Take the mystery and fear out of dealing with lawyers. This sometimes humorous, sometimes disturbing exposé gives you the inside scoop on why lawyers act the way they do, shares stories of the author’s first terrifying experiences in a law school classroom, the first time she made a witness cry, the harsh realities of day-to-day lawyering, and why it is easier to invade a small country than file papers in some courthouses. This book also includes helpful hacks—practical tricks you can use right away to keep lawyers from ruining your life. (This is the politically incorrect titled ...

Béatrice Zavarro raconte le premier contact avec son client, les moments clefs de la procédure, les confrontations avec les avocats des coaccusés, les plaidoiries, le verdict, et l'après Mazan. Un récit de l'intérieur qui permet de mieux comprendre ce procès historique, dont l'onde de choc n'a pas fini de se répercuter.

Dennis Bangs Chapin was a successful, well-known lawyer, a Texas state representative, a former Hidalgo County judge, and a wealthy man in the year 1910. On Thursday evening, August 17, in a San Antonio bar, he shot my cousin, Oscar J. Rountree, in the head with his 44-caliber revolver. Oscar, a former Texas Ranger, died at 5:00 the following morning in a San Antonio hospital. Chapin was tried for murder and acquitted, claiming self-defense. He later brought a case to have the Texas Rangers disbanded. The South Texas city of Edinburg was originally named Chapin in his honor as one of the ...

Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court Richterin und Ikone der Gleichberechtigung: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

I 1998 begyndte politiassistent Hans Haahr på Grønland en hemmelig og uofficiel efterforskning af en ung piges død i Nuuk i julen 1997. »Morakker« fører læseren ind i det lukkede grønlandske politisystem og fortæller om dets uskrevne regler og krav og den misforståede loyalitet mellem betjentene, der i dette tilfælde blev prioriteret højere end retfærdighed for en ung piges død. I 2011 vendte han tilbage til Grønland for at se fortiden i øjnene og færdiggøre sin efterforskning af pigens død.

Quand elle conçoit le J’M, en 1980, pour les restaurants McDonald’s du Canada, Margaret Papillon n’a que vingt et un ans. La combinaison des deux lettres qu’elle dessine en jaune sur papier rouge est une déclaration d’amour. Le J’M fait J’aime avec, de plus, le M de McDonald’s, les deux arches jaunes qui symbolisent ce géant du fast-food. D’après plus d’un, une idée encore plus brillante que I love NY des Américains puisque c’est le M de McDonald’s qui sert de verbe aimer dans un langage tout à fait phonétique. Aussi cette déclaration d'amour, considérée ...

Dit boek is gebaseerd op een waargebeurd verhaal. Een kinderrechter rondt haar loopbaan bijna af, wanneer er iets wonderbaarlijks gebeurt. Een zevenjarige jongen die zijn hele leven nauwelijks heeft gesproken, zoekt in haar kantoor contact met de altijd aanwezige luisterbeer. Veel kinderen vertelden al meer aan de beer dan aan de rechter zelf. Maar deze keer ontstaat een echte dialoog tussen de jongen, de beer en de rechter.

Gennem 30 år – længere end nogen anden dansk livvagt – har Torben Vigh passet på danske og udenlandske politikere, Muhammed-kritikere og ikke mindst hele tre generationer af det danske kongehus – fra dronning Margrethe over kronprinsparret til deres børn. I denne bog giver han et indblik i arbejdet med personbeskyttelse fra 1980'erne og frem til i dag, hvor der er sket store forandringer i både det danske samfund og verden udenfor. Torben Vigh har rejst verden rundt med sine VIP'er på både private ferier, officielle besøg og store statsbesøg.

Enmarcada fielmente en acontecimientos locales y mundiales relevantes de la década de 1960, el adolescente protagonista de estas memorias noveladas nos conduce por el laberinto usual de las inseguridades típicas de esa edad: un padre controlador y criticón, una disciplina hogareña opresiva, una apariencia de alfeñique que le hizo vivir situaciones de acoso en el entorno escolar, un rechazo para las actividades deportivas propias de su edad, la angustia vivida en esos años ante la posibilidad real de una Tercera Guerra Mundial y el temor constante de que, al cumplir los dieciocho, ...

This gripping, award-winning book recounts the wrongful assumption of the UK tax authority—His Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC)—that Gabrielle was responsible for a shipment of over a quarter of a million contraband cigarettes and related charges, and her challenging fight to reclaim her identity and dignity and clear her good name.

Set against the backdrop of the turbulent Sixties, in this real-life story that reads like a novel, the teenage protagonist struggles with the usual and some particular difficulties: a domineering and judgmental father, an oppressive homelife, a weakling physique that makes him a target of bullying at school, rejection in team sports, anguish over the possibility of World War III and the constant fear of being drafted at eighteen for the Vietnam War. At the same time, we are privy to his innermost thoughts and feelings of inadequacy regarding his budding sexuality, his first sexual ...