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Page 361
... civil cases . Some 120,000 jury trials are conducted there annually , more than 90 percent of all jury trials in the world . Use of the jury in the United States depends on two factors : the degree to which it is available as a matter ...
... civil cases . Some 120,000 jury trials are conducted there annually , more than 90 percent of all jury trials in the world . Use of the jury in the United States depends on two factors : the degree to which it is available as a matter ...
Page 472
... civil rights advocates decided to contest racial segregation on the public buses . On December 1 , 1955 , Mrs. Rosa Parks had refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger and had been arrested for violating the city's ...
... civil rights advocates decided to contest racial segregation on the public buses . On December 1 , 1955 , Mrs. Rosa Parks had refused to surrender her bus seat to a white passenger and had been arrested for violating the city's ...
Page 782
... civil service , and in many respects subject to civil service rather than law - profession control . This , however , may be changing in some coun- tries . Thus in West Germany and in Japan ( whose modern legal profession and judiciary ...
... civil service , and in many respects subject to civil service rather than law - profession control . This , however , may be changing in some coun- tries . Thus in West Germany and in Japan ( whose modern legal profession and judiciary ...
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