Vale, Malcolm, The Princely Court. Medieval Courts and Culture in north-west Europe 1270-1380

Medieval perspectives in Europe: Oral culture and bodily practices

Prior to the invention of book printing, Western culture had no efficient storage medium that served to unburden human memory. Instead of writing a mnemotechnics based on the visual perception of bodily movements, took over the functions of orienting, identifying, and stabilizing the social order in the medieval period. In medieval instructions on ecclesiastic and secular norms of behavior, the...

When Courts Collide: Integrated Domestic Violence Courts and Court Pluralism

This Article proposes court pluralism as a new theory for analyzing the role of the justice system in addressing domestic violence. It argues that a systemic view of the justice system is essential to developing coherent reform strategies, and lays out the foundation for taking into account the unique functions of civil and criminal justice in domestic violence cases. In doing so, the Article c...

The British Red Cross in North-West Europe

The Military Welfare unit carries out the traditional work of the Red Cross and Order of St. John in the care and welfare of sick and wounded of the fighting forces during war. In the arrangement for sending food-parcels and other comforts to prisoners of war and the staffing of Convalescent Homes, Relatives' Hostels, etc., this unit works intimately with the army and under the general directio...

The Spread of Elminius Modestus Darwin in North-west Europe

Mental health courts and the lesson learned in juvenile court.

Justice Fortas in this quotation was addressing the extent of procedural due process provided in juvenile proceedings in 1966. Well-meaning members of the criminal justice system had developed a court process intent on helping juveniles, rather than punishing them as criminal offenders. Since there was no criminal adjudication, and anonymity was generally assured, it was believed that the nicet...