The Judge S Wife

*Shortlisted for a 2017 RoNA Award* With her whole life ahead of her, beautiful young Grace’s world changes forever when she’s married off to a much older judge. Soon, feeling lonely and neglected, Grace meets and falls in love with an Indian doctor, Vikram—he’s charming, thoughtful, and kind, everything her husband is not. But this is 1950s Ireland, and when she falls pregnant, the potential scandal must be dealt with. As soon as she has given birth, Grace is sent to an asylum by the judge, while Vikram, told that Grace died in childbirth, returns to India heartbroken. Thirty years later, after the judge’s death, his estranged daughter Emma returns home to pack up his estate, where she finds Grace’s diaries and begins to piece together the life of the mother she never knew. Meanwhile, Vikram is planning a long-awaited return to Ireland with his much-loved niece Rosa—who has grown up hearing all about her uncle’s long-lost love—to stand, at last, at the grave of the woman he adores. When the judge’s will is finally read, revealing he has sent letters to Vikram and Emma, the deception spanning both decades and continents finally begins to unravel, exposing long-buried family secrets along the way and raising the question of if true love can last a lifetime.

The judge's wife has an appetite for expensive things and men younger than her husband. Everybody in the town of Big Shanty knows it, except the judge, who she manipulates with ease to achieve all that she wants. Her cunning ways, however, lead to a violent murder that shocks the town, including Montgomery Mutz, the prosecutor who is eager to get a conviction before election day. The only person in his way is Nolan Getty, the Public Defender, who must find a way to expose her deceit and the prosecutor's corruption in order to win the case.

Captain Amos Coop Cooper of Wichita, now retired from the Wichita Police Department, isnt surprised when he is asked to investigate a case; he is shocked, however, to learn he has been personally requested by Judge Elmo Wells. Coop and the judge never liked each other or got along, so why is Wells asking for him after so many years off the force? It turns out that Wells wife, Marilou, is missing, having boarded a plane in Wichita without arriving in Boston to meet her mother as planned. Coop sees this as an open-and-shut case: Marilou must have changed planes and arrived at another destination via a connecting flight. The only problem is that Marilous flight to Boston was nonstop. As Coop looks more closely at the disappearance, he discovers that there are plenty of people who might be angry at the judge, giving him numerous suspects but few leads. Whats more, secrets seem to surround Marilou. How did the judges wife disappear, and whos behind the caper that brought Coop out of retirement?

Collecting the most important writings of Tom Bingham during his time in judicial office before the House of Lords, The Business of Judging is written for anyone with an interest in public affairs. It offers an absorbing account of the law and the courts in public life, presenting Bingham's reflections on the judicial role and the common law.

Reprint of the original, first published in 1866.

The story of Bush Edwards continues My journey takes us back in time, to the early days of Las Vegas. Our story takes place in the late sixties when money and power ruled the city. The Judges Wife introduces me to her world. That journey brings me to the dark side of Vegas. The Judge was a powerful man. The secrets I've kept will now be told. I've been silent for over forty five years. I'm Bush Edwards and this is my story.The characters in this book are real. I've changed their names out of respect for their privacy

A judge’s role is to make decisions. This book is about how judges undertake this task. It is about forces on the judicial role and their consequences, about empirical research from a variety of academic disciplines that observes and verifies how factors can affect how judges judge. On the one hand, judges decide by interpreting and applying the law, but much more affects judicial decision-making: psychological effects, group dynamics, numerical reasoning, biases, court processes, influences from political and other institutions, and technological advancement. All can have a bearing on judicial outcomes. In How Judges Judge: Empirical Insights into Judicial Decision-Making, Brian M. Barry explores how these factors, beyond the law, affect judges in their role. Case examples, judicial rulings, judges’ own self-reflections on their role and accounts from legal history complement this analysis to contextualise the research, make it more accessible and enrich the reader’s understanding and appreciation of judicial decision-making. Offering research-based insights into how judges make the decisions that can impact daily life and societies around the globe, this book will be of interest to practising and training judges, litigation lawyers and those studying law and related disciplines.