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Theory of the Trial

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ISBN-10: 0691089809

ISBN-13: 9780691089805

Edition: 1999

Authors: Robert P. Burns

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Exploring how American criminal trials bring about justice, this text depicts the trial as an institution employing its own language and styles of performance that elevate the understanding of decision-makers.
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Book details

List price: $45.00
Copyright year: 1999
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Publication date: 10/28/2001
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 6.30" wide x 9.17" long x 0.57" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Robert P. Burns is professor at the Northwestern University School of Law. He is the author of The Death of the American Trial.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
The Received View of the Trial
The Trial's Linguistic Practices
The Trial's Constitutive Rules
An Interpretation from One Trial
The Trial's Most Basic Features and Some Observed Consequences
Thinking What We Do
The Two Sides of the Trial Event
The Truth of Verdicts
Index