Crime and Punishment in Latin America - Law and Society Since Late Colonial Times
Crowning a decade of innovative efforts in the historical study of law and legal phenomena in the region, Crime and Punishment in Latin America offers a collection of essays that deal with the multiple aspects of the relationship between ordinary people and the law. Building on a variety of methodological and theoretical trends—cultural history, subaltern studies, new political history, and others—the contributors share the conviction that law and legal phenomena are crucial elements in the formation and functioning of modern Latin American societies and, as such, need to be brought to the forefront of scholarly debates about the region’s past and present.
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This textbook provides students with the opportunity to learn about the law of wills, trusts and estates and develop the skill sets they need to succeed in the legal field. Wills, Trusts and Estates for Paralegals also presents the student with hands-on assignments to help develop their legal reasoning skills and demonstrate their knowledge of the material without overwhelming the student in the process.
The Language of Jury Trial: A Corpus-Aided Linguistic Analysis of Legal-Lay Discourse
In an age of managerialism and professionalization, trial by jury might appear costly, inefficient and unprofessional, yet it is also one of the last democratic links between the legal system and ordinary people. Nowhere is that link more evident than in the language of lawyers and judges compelled to communicate their criminal cases or their legal instructions to lay juries. This is the first detailed analysis of the language of legal professionals in English jury trial, drawing on the largest and most representative corpus of official trial transcripts ever compiled.
Latin American Law - A History of Private Law and Institutions in Spanish America
Private law touches every aspect of people's daily lives - landholding, inheritance, private property, marriage and family relations, contracts, employment, and business dealings - and the court records and legal documents produced under private law are a rich source of information for anyone researching social, political, economic, or environmental history. But to utilize these records fully, researchers need a fundamental understanding of how private law and legal institutions functioned in the place and time period under study.
