Her honor : my life on the bench ... what works, what's broken, and how to change it / LaDoris Hazzard Cordell.
"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.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781250269607
- ISBN: 1250269601
- Physical Description: xxvi, 309 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : Celadon Books, 2021.
- Copyright: ©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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| Jacksonville Main Library | 347.794 COR (Text) | 36015000071759 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
| Cliffdale Library | 347.794 C (Text) | 31781065855056 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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