Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Nebraska-Lincoln, 2006. / Title from title screen (site viewed on Nov. 22, 2006). PDF text: ii, 333 p. : ill. ; 1.82Mb. UMI publication number: AAT 3217536. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in microfilm and microfiche format.

Thesis (doctoral)-- Universität Passau, 2008. / Description based on print version record. Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-184).

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität, Osnabrück, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.

Much academic literature regarding how judges interpret and apply civil procedure rules is based on speculation about human behaviour and legal practitioners’ personal intuition. I seek to apply cognitive psychology research to a number of procedural arrangements in order to create a more accurate picture of the decision-making processes of judges in our civil justice system. My project investigates the implications of findings derived from empirical behavioural psychology for legal reasoning and practice. The thesis is divided into three main parts. The first two parts address different cognitive effects that influence judicial decision making in the course of civil litigation: cognitive overload in relation to ‘Laundry List’ rules and confirmation bias in relation to interim remedies. Finally, the third part speaks to the general question of judicial intuition and serves as a link between the first two parts of the dissertation.

Univ., Diss.--Paris, 2005.

Thesis--Cologne. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (p. 3-5).

It is held that the police officer is liable at criminal and civil law the same as the citizen; given constitutional expression in the common law office of constable. Yet, in the execution of their duty police officers are prone to committing a range of criminal offences - assault, false imprisonment, perverting the course of justice - defined in this thesis as police crimes. Statistical analysis reveals that police officers are rarely prosecuted for these offences, suggesting that criminal liability is an illusion, and civil proceedings have become an increasingly popular remedy for police wrongdoing. This thesis holds that ss.48 and 49 of the Police Act 1964 played a prominent part in undermining the police officer's accountability to the law. This was achieved under s.48 by removing the police officer's personal responsibility for his wrongdoing at civil law, and introduction of a vicarious liability rule. And, under s.49, by definition of reports of alleged criminal offences committed by police officers as complaints, and codification of a separate criminal procedure. Since the 1964 Act, statute and case law on police wrongdoing have caused further damage to the constitutional position by emphasising the internal police complaint and disciplinary processes and devaluing issues of liability. It is argued that there is a conflict between the ancient office of constable and the recently developed doctrine of constabulary independence, and it is proposed that a 'balance model' accurately reflects the constitutional position of the police. This thesis examines recent developments at common law alongside the statutory trend, including intended reform of the complaint and discipline processes, and concludes that the integrity of the constitutional position has been seriously damaged. It is proposed that the police officer is no longer accountable to the law for his wrongdoing in like manner as the citizen, and the office of constable survives as a constitutional fiction.

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Greifswald.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 1929, without thesis note. / "The Summa magna was composed by Hengham sometime after 20 November, 1272, and before 15 April, 1275 ... The Summa parva was not written for over a decade later, sometime after 25 March, 1285, and probably before 2 April, 1290"--Introd. "Extant mss. of the Summa magna and Summa parva": p. lxxiii-lxxviii. "Appendix B: The bibliography of the printed editions of the text edited by John Selden": p. [76]-79. Includes bibliographical references and index.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Yale University, 1929, without thesis note. / "The Summa magna was composed by Hengham sometime after 20 November, 1272, and before 15 April, 1275 ... The Summa parva was not written for over a decade later, sometime after 25 March, 1285, and probably before 2 April, 1290"--Introd. "Extant mss. of the Summa magna and Summa parva": p. lxxiii-lxxviii. "Appendix B: The bibliography of the printed editions of the text edited by John Selden": p. [76]-79. Includes bibliographical references and index.