Trends in the Judiciary: Interviews with Judges Across the Globe, Volume Two

David Lowe · Dilip K. Das

феб 2015. · CRC Press

О овој е-књизи

The term judicial opinion can be a misnomer as rarely are judges true feelings on legal issues and the work they do made available to the public. Judges are constrained when writing decisions to follow the law and leave personal commentary aside. Through a series of revealing interviews, this book gathers empirical data from judges and justices fr

О аутору

David Lowe is a principal lecturer at Liverpool John Moores University‘s Law School. Prior to academia, he was a police officer for 27 years with the UK Merseyside Police. Most of his service was as a detective in the United Kingdom‘s Special Branch Counter-Terrorism Unit. His work in the area of policing, terrorism, and security has been published in books and journals, including his latest work, Examining Political Violence: Studies in Terrorism, Counterterrorism and Internal War. He also appears regularly in television, radio, and print media in the United Kingdom, the rest of Europe, and the United States for commentary in these areas.

Dilip K. Das is a professor of criminal justice, former police chief, founding editor in chief of Police Practice and Research: An International Journal, and a human rights consultant to the United Nations. After serving in the Indian Police Service for 14 years, he moved to the United States, where he later became the founding president of the International Police Executive Symposium and the founding editor of Police Practice and Research: An International Journal. He has authored, edited, and coedited more than 30 books and numerous articles, has received several faculty excellence awards, and was a Distinguished Faculty Lecturer. He is also a human rights consultant to the United Nations.