Multiple Faces of Justice and State Power

Author: Damaska
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Publish Date: 2004-06-01
Features: What are the differences in the roles played by judges in different modern legal systems? What rights do civil litigants, criminal defendants, and their lawyers enjoy in the Anglo-American, Western European, and socialist countries? In this thought-provoking work, an outstanding legal scholar offers a highly original comparative analysis of how legal systems around the world manage justice and the relationship between politics and justice. Mirjan R. Damaska presents a new perspective that reveals distinct patterns among seemingly disparate procedural features.