Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-357) and index.
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.
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