The view from the bench and chambers : examining judicial process and decision making on the U.S. Courts of Appeals / Jennifer Barnes Bowie, Donald R. Songer, and John Szmer.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bowie, Jennifer Barnes, author.

Songer, Donald R., author.

Szmer, John J., 1970- author.

Series:

Constitutionalism and democracy.

Constitutionalism and Democracy

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Appellate courts--United States.

Appellate courts.

Judicial process--United States.

Judicial process.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (296 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Charlottesville, [Virginia] ; London, [England] : University of Virginia Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This multifaceted approach yields a level of insight beyond that provided by any previous work on appellate courts in the United States, making The View from the Bench and Chambers the most comprehensive and rich account of the operation of these courts to date.

Contents:

The judges and cases

The preliminaries: setting the agenda, oral argument, and assigning the opinion of the court

Decision making and writing the opinion of the court

Separate opinion writing on the courts of appeals

Explaining attitudinal and legal influences on decisions

Strategic accounts of decision making

The congruence of social science and the perceptions of the judges.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780813936000

0813936004

OCLC:

893103565