Partisan Justice
- ISBN-10
- 0809075474
- ISBN-13
- 9780809075478
- Category
- Adversary system (Law)
- Pages
- 134
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1980-01-01
- Publisher
- Hill & Wang
- Author
- Marvin E. Frankel
Description
An appraisal of the adversary legal system in the U.S. by a former federal judge now practicing law, who finds the adversary process not truly adversary but seeking partisan justice rather than truth.
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