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Judicial politics : readings from Judicature /

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: American Judicature Society
Other Authors: Slotnick, Elliot E.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, [2005]
Edition:3rd ed.
Subjects:
Judicial process > United States.
Political questions and judicial power > United States.
Justice, Administration of > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • The American constitutional system and the role of the Supreme Court in the American polity
  • Actors in the Judicial process. Judges: judicial selection systems and their consequences
  • Magistrates, clerks, and judicial support staff
  • Lawyers and legal practices
  • Interest groups
  • Juries
  • The American judiciary and the politics of representation
  • Trial courts: civil and criminal justice processes
  • Appellate court process: Access and docketing decisions
  • Internal court processes and decisions on the merits
  • The courts and their publics: Public opinion and the media
  • Courts, Congress, and the presidency
  • States and state courts
  • Alternatives to traditional litigation
  • Judicial policy making and judicial independence in the United States.