Federal courts and judgeships : types, issues, and profiles / Adam Scott Newton, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Newton, Adam Scott, editor.

Series:

Government procedures and operations.

Government Procedures and Operations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Courts--United States.

Courts.

Judges--United States.

Judges.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (188 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, [New York] : Nova Science Publishers, Inc., 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The United States Constitution established only one federal court-the United States Supreme Court. Beyond this, Article III of the Constitution left it to the discretion of Congress to ""ordain and establish"" lower federal courts to conduct the judicial business of the federal government. From the very first, Congress established a host of different federal tribunals to adjudicate a variety of legal disputes. The two central types of federal ""courts""-courts established under Article III and those tribunals that are not-differ in many respects, including with regard to their personnel, purpo

Contents:

""FEDERAL COURTS ANDJUDGESHIPS: TYPES, ISSUES, AND PROFILES""; ""FEDERAL COURTS ANDJUDGESHIPS: TYPES, ISSUES, AND PROFILES""; ""Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data""; ""CONTENTS""; ""PREFACE""; ""Chapter 1: CONGRESSIONAL POWER TO CREATE FEDERAL COURTS: A LEGAL OVERVIEW""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""TYPES OF FEDERAL COURTS""; ""ARTICLE III OR CONSTITUTIONAL COURTS""; ""NON-ARTICLE III OR LEGISLATIVE COURTS""; ""Chapter 2: U.S. CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURT JUDGES: PROFILE OF SELECT CHARACTERISTICS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BY APPOINTING PRESIDENT""

""BY PARTY OF APPOINTING PRESIDENT""""DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""Chapter 3: U.S. CIRCUIT COURT JUDGES: PROFILE OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""DATA CAVEATS""; ""MOST COMMON TYPES OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES""; ""PROFESSIONAL POSITION IMMEDIATELY PRIOR TO APPOINTMENT""; ""CONCLUSION""; ""Chapter 4: ROLE OF HOME STATE SENATORS IN THE SELECTION OF LOWER FEDERAL COURT JUDGES*""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND AND ORIGINS OF SENATORS� RECOMMENDING ROLE""

""SENATORS� PARTY AFFILIATIONS AND THEIR RECOMMENDING ROLE""""LESSER ROLE FOR SENATORS WHEN RECOMMENDING CIRCUIT COURT CANDIDATES""; ""SELECTING JUDICIAL CANDIDATES TO RECOMMEND""; ""INTERACTION WITH ADMINISTRATION DURING NOMINEE SELECTION PROCESS""; ""WHEN A NOMINEE IS SELECTED AGAINST THE ADVICE OF, OR WITHOUT CONSULTING, A SENATOR""; ""RECENT ISSUES AND CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS""; ""INDEX""; ""Blank Page""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed January 26, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63463-881-6

OCLC:

900408824