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Exploring judicial politics / [edited by] Mark C. Miller.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Judicial process--United States.
- Judicial process.
- Law--Political aspects.
- Courts of last resort.
- United States.
- Judicial power--United States.
- Judicial power.
- Political questions and judicial power--United States.
- Political questions and judicial power.
- Courts--United States.
- Courts.
- Courts of last resort--United States.
- Appellate courts--United States.
- Appellate courts.
- Justice, Administration of--United States.
- Justice, Administration of.
- Law--Political aspects--United States.
- Law.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the study of judicial politics, by Mark C. Miller
- Differences in state judicial selection, by Aman L. McLeod
- In their own interest : pressure groups in the federal judicial selection process, by Lauren Cohen Bell
- Bringing the lawyers back in, by Lynn Mather
- The politics of jury reform, by Robert G. Boatright
- State trial courts : achieving justice in civil litigation, by Nicole L. Waters, Shauna M. Strickland & Brian J. Ostrom
- U.S. district courts, litigation, and the policy making process, by Jeb Barnes
- State supreme courts as policymakers : are they loved?, by Laura Langer and Teena Wilhelm
- Appellate workhorses of the federal judiciary : the U.S. courts of appeals, by Wendy L. Martinek
- The solicitor general : learned in the law and politics by Peter N. Ubertaccio III
- Sorcerers' apprentices : U.S. Supreme Court law clerks, by Artemus Ward
- The emergence and evolution of Supreme Court policy, by Richard L. Pacelle, Jr.
- A court of laws or a super legislature? an integrated model of Supreme Court decision making, by Bryan W. Marshall, Richard L. Pacelle, Jr., and Christine Ludowise
- Is there really a countermajoritarian problem?, by Michael Comiskey
- Resistance to the judiciary : the boundaries of judicial power, by Richard A. Brisbin, Jr.
- The Supreme Court and race, by Barbara Perry
- Women and the law, by Judith A. Baer
- The federal courts and terrorism, by Louis Fisher
- The interactions between the federal courts and the other branches, by Mark C. Miller
- Comparative judicial studies, by Nancy Maveety.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-357) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780195343076
- 0195343077
- OCLC:
- 191010695
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