The last several decades have seen a proliferation of specialized courts, including within the family court system, that deviate from the adversarial model, and that rely on therapeutic jurisprudence and other problem-solving techniques. Whether and how traditional family courts can incorporate the best practices of these specialized courts is a largely understudied area. Drawing from ethnograp...

Superintendent, Campbell Medical School and Hospital (Formerly Police Surgeon, Calcutta, and Professor of Medical Jurisprudence, Medical College, Calcutta) During my tenure of office, for nearly 10 years, as police surgeon of Calcutta and professor of medical jurisprudence of both the medical colleges in Calcutta, no other subject presented so many difficulties and peculiarities as the determin...