Law at Troynovant:
edicts on law, legal institutions, juries;
lawmen & law enforcement;
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See Constitution at Troynovant for history and issues relating to the American founding documents: the Declaration of Independence & U.S. Constitution.
See Detection at Troynovant for detective stories, or other items in which the law provides only background or support.
"Wow, that was close," Gloot breathed as silence descended again. "Those boys are the City Guard. They don't mess around."
"Permanent cadre?" Retief asked.
"Right. Eight on, eight off. Of course, most of 'em got off-duty jobs with the major mobs; but when shift time arrives they fall in for duty, even if the mob happens to be in the middle of a shoot-out with the guard at the time."
"That could be a trifle confusing."
"Yeah, but they got ground rules. When the whistle blows, there's a five-minute time-out while the cops and robbers change sides."
"A civilized system," Retief conceded.
Keith Laumer
Retief's Ransom (1971)
| Blott on the Landscape | Tom Sharpe | RW Franson |
| Citizen of the Galaxy | Robert A. Heinlein | RW Franson |
| Cognitive Jury Duty | WH Stoddard | |
| Consent versus Chastity in Sexual Ethics | WH Stoddard | |
| Dreamland | Clarence Budington Kelland | RW Franson |
| Guns Aren't Psychic Reporters & Guns |
S Farrell | |
| Have Space Suit — Will Travel | Robert A. Heinlein | RW Franson |
| Ill Met in Lankhmar | Fritz Leiber | RW Franson |
| Justice Is an Essay Question | S Farrell | |
| Law and Institutions in the Shire | WH Stoddard | |
| Liberate Public Schools from Government by Lawsuit [Summary] |
E Enstrom, Jr. | |
| Liberty for Women Freedom and Feminism in the Twenty-first Century |
Wendy McElroy | RW Franson |
| Mark Twain on the Insanity Defense | RW Franson | |
| Parental Handbook For Parents Dedicated to Local Control of Public Education of Children According to the Constitution [Summation] |
E Enstrom, Jr. | |
| Perjury The Hiss-Chambers Case |
Allen Weinstein | RW Franson |
| Reichstag Fire, The Legend and Truth |
Fritz Tobias | RW Franson |
| Stealing Elections How Voter Fraud Threatens Our Democracy |
John Fund | RW Franson |
| There Ought Not to Be a Law | W McElroy | |
| Thieves' House | Fritz Leiber | RW Franson |
| You Can't Say That The Growing Threat to Civil Liberties from Antidiscrimination Laws |
David E. Bernstein | RW Franson |
[Vienna. The court of justice.]
Angelo:
We must not make a scarecrow of the law,
Setting it up to fear the birds of prey,
And let it keep one shape till custom make it
Their perch, and not their terror.William Shakespeare
Measure for Measure, 2.1.1-4
The Volokh Conspiracy
news and discussion of Constitutional Law
and other rights & legalities
Legal Insurrection
American politics from a legal perspective
Constitution at Troynovant
American founding documents,
Declaration of Independence
& U.S. Constitution
Utopias at Troynovant
utopia in power, or dystopia
Today, 80 to 90 percent of all convictions stem from pre-trial guilty pleas, invariably to reduced charges, negotiated between prosecutors and defense attorneys, and rubber-stamped by judges.Such cynical maneuvers allow criminals to evade the full penalties of their crimes by receiving reduced punishment or probation; permit lazy prosecutors to enhance their political careers by boasting of high "conviction rates"; let defense attorneys quickly handle a large number of clients (and collect a large number of fees) without ever having to prepare for trial; and (allegedly) help harried judges quickly clear clogged court claendars and jammed jails. It's the triumph of expediency over justice. Everyone leaves the courtroom smiling — except for the crime victims, who, ignored in the proceedings, look on in shocked disbelief and rage, realizing that they have just been mugged again.
Robert James Bidinotto
"Subverting Justice: Plea Bargaining"
The Freeman, August 1989 Criminal Justice?
The Legal System Versus Individual Responsibility (1994; 2nd edition 1996)
edited by Robert James Bidinotto
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