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The judicial branch / Kermit L. Hall, Kevin T. McGuire, editors.
LIBRA KF8700 .J83 2005
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Institutions of American democracy series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Courts--United States.
- Courts.
- United States.
- Judicial power--United States.
- Judicial power.
- Judges--United States.
- Judges.
- Democracy--United States.
- Democracy.
- Physical Description:
- xxviii, 579 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2005]
- Contents:
- The historical foundations of the American judiciary / William E. Nelson
- Judges and democracy : the changing role of the United States Supreme Court / Cass R. Sunstein
- Judicial independence and the majoritarian difficulty / Kermit L. Hall
- The judiciary and the separation of powers / Richard A. Brisbin, Jr.
- Judicial review and interpretation : have the courts become sovereign when interpreting the constitution? / Keith E. Whittington
- Paths to the bench : selecting Supreme Court justices in a "juristocratic" world / Joel B. Grossman
- Is judicial federalism essential to democracy? : state courts in the federal system / Paul R. Brace and Melinda Gann Hall
- American courts and democracy : a comparative perspective / Donald P. Kommers
- Courts in American popular culture / Lynn Mather
- What Americans know about the courts and why it matters / Gregory A. Caldeira and Kevin T. McGuire
- The impact of courts on American life / Gerald N. Rosenberg
- Judicial activism and American democracy / Doris Marie Provine
- Courts and the rights revolution / Charles R. Epp
- Discrimination through direct democracy : the role of the judiciary in the pursuit of equality / Sue Davis
- From republic to democracy : the judiciary and the political process / Mark A. Graber
- Courts and the definition of defendants' rights / David A. Yalof
- Public education, democratic life, and the American courts / Douglas S. Reed
- Property rights and democracy in the American constitutional order / James W. Ely, Jr
- The future of the judicial branch : courts and democracy in the twenty-first century / Lawrence Baum .
- Notes:
- "The Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands."
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0195171721
- OCLC:
- 60791492
- Publisher Number:
- 9780195171723
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