To be fair : confessions of a District Court judge / Rosemary Riddell.
Momo rauemi: TextKaiwhakaputa: Auckland, New Zealand : Upstart Press Ltd, 2021Kaiwhakaputa: ©2021Whakaahuatanga: 228 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781990003165
- 1990003168
Momo tuemi | Tauwāhi onāianei | Kohinga | Tau karanga | Tūnga | Rā oti | Waeherepae | Ngā puringa tuemi | |
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Nonfiction | Hāwera LibraryPlus Nonfiction | Nonfiction | 920 RID (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | I takina atu | 22/04/2024 | A00891739 | ||
Nonfiction | Waverley LibraryPlus Nonfiction | Nonfiction | 92 RIDD (Tirotirohia te whatanga(Opens below)) | Wātea | I2207976 |
Cover -- Half-title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Dedication -- Preface -- 1 Mental health -- 2 Judicial camaraderie -- 3 Sentencing -- 4 The custody tussle -- 5 What's yours is mine -- 6 The eye is on you -- 7 How it began -- 8 The media: social and antisocial -- 9 The dark side -- 10 The unexpected -- 11 On circuit -- 12 'Line 'em up and shoot 'em' -- 13 Judged by your peers -- 14 Court etiquette -- 15 'So, what do you do for a living?' -- 16 The poverty trap -- 17 'I've never been here before' -- 18 In their ivory towers -- 19 My learned friend -- 20 Writing decisions 21 Justice must be seen to be done -- 22 It's all Parliament's fault -- 23 The vexatious litigant -- 24 Community involvement -- 25 Stress -- 26 Racism -- 27 Witness reliability -- 28 Is it hard to decide? -- 29 Where there's a will -- 30 Judicial independence -- 31 A matter of substance -- 32 So you want to become a judge? -- 33 The after life -- Notes -- Acknowledgements -- About the author.
Retired judge Rosemary Riddell shares her reminiscences of life on the bench, complete with its humour, frustrations and poignant moments. A unique glimpse into a world most of us can only imagine, her story is a fascinating commentary on New Zealand life from the point of view of a woman involved in the top levels of our justice system.
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