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Her honor : my life on the bench ... what works, what's broken, and how to change it / LaDoris Hazzard Cordell.

Cordell, LaDoris H., (author.).

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"Her Honor is an eye-opening memoir from Judge LaDoris Hazzard Cordell, now retired, combining her fascinating personal story with a necessary primer on the complex, increasingly troubled, American judicial system..."-- Provided by publisher.

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  • ISBN: 9781250269607
  • ISBN: 1250269601
  • Physical Description: xxvi, 309 pages ; 25 cm
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York, NY : Celadon Books, 2021.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Includes index.
"My life on the bench ... what works, what's broken, and how to change it"--Cover.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction. Bitten by the judge bug -- Trials and tribulations in juvenile court. Les enfants terribles: criminal cases ; Making a murderer: the felony murder rule -- Domesticity and its discontents. Family matters: marriage and divorce ; Where there's a will: court battles over the dearly departed ; Would you be mine?: adoptions ; The name game: name changes -- Juries and judges. Thank you for your service: jury duty ; Judges for sale: judicial elections ; Bad judges: judicial misconduct ; J'accuse!: judges under attack -- Hot-button Issues. Bacchus unbound: the drunk driving dilemma ; It's all in your head: mental health cases ; Parsing sentences: judicial discretion ; The art of the plea deal: the plea bargain dilemma -- Conclusion. The fix: ten suggestions for reform ; In my end is my beginning.

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Criminal justice, Administration of > United States.
Judges > California > Biography.
Women judges > California > Biography.
African American women judges > California > Biography.
Genre:
Autobiographies.
Biographies.

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