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The drug court judicial benchbook prepared by the national drug court institute, the education, research, and scholarship affiliate of the national association of drug court professionals. Sep 01, 2017 the new title for this edition, equal justice bench book, is intended to reflect its objective, which is to contribute towards the attainment of what the former chief justice described as more than mere equality before the law. Classical international law, the body of legal obligations that independent nationstates assume in order to regulate their own interactions, is covered as it relates to federal trial courts. Foreword to the equal justice bench book 2nd edition. These books are used by judges while hearing cases as guides to assist in the disposition of a case. The laws governing the dissolution, nullity, or legal separation of marriage apply to the dissolution, nullity, or legal separation of a domestic partnership. A private question can be viewed only by lawyers in the law firm to. Equality before the law bench book judicial commission.
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