The Judicial Process: Law, Courts, and Judicial Politics is an all-new, concise yet comprehensive core text that introduces students to the nature and significance of the judicial process in the United States and across the globe. It is social scientific in its approach, situating the role of the courts and their impact on public policy within a strong foundation in legal theory, or political jurisprudence, as well as legal scholarship. Authors Christopher P. Banks and David M. O'Brien do not shy away from the politics of the judicial process, and offer unique insight into cutting-edge and highly relevant issues. In its distinctive boxes, "Contemporary Controversies over Courts" and "In Comparative Perspective," the text examines topics such as the dispute pyramid, the law and morality of same-sex marriages, the "hardball politics" of judicial selection, plea bargaining trends, the right to counsel and "pay as you go" justice, judicial decisions limiting the availability of class actions, constitutional courts in Europe, the judicial role in creating major social change, and the role lawyers, juries and alternative dispute resolution techniques play in the U.S. and throughout the world. Photos, cartoons, charts, and graphs are used throughout the text to facilitate student learning and highlight key aspects of the judicial process.
Gibson did not espouse an alternative interpretive framework . He certainly did not depart from the formal principles of legislative intent . He simply thought unqualified language authorized a stern , unqualified construction .
Jack Ross played by Kevin Bacon). Indeed, we later learn that the case was specifically assigned to Kaffee so a plea would be reached and the sensational case would remain private. When Kaffee and Ross first discuss the case, ...
In this famous treatise, a Supreme Court Justice describes the conscious and unconscious processes by which a judge decides a case. He discusses the sources of information to which he...
This unique text also provides students with a practical perspective, discussing the contrast between the law and the rules as they are written and the ways in which they actually play out in the real world.
Throughout the text, the authors not only explain what the legal rules are but also explore each rule's underlying assumptions, history, and goals, providing a complete and balanced look at the role of the judicial system today.
Jones and Laughlin Steel Corp., 301 U.S. 1 (1937); and West Coast Hotel Co. v. Parrish, 300 U.S. 379 (1937). 120. Stidham and Carp, “Trial Courts' Responses to Supreme Court Policy Changes,” 218–222. 121. Clifford J. Carrubba, Matthew ...
See Dustin Koenig, “Bias in the Bar? ABA Ratings and Federal Judicial Nominees from 1976-2000,” judicature 95 (2012): 188-195. 35. The classic study of the role of the ABA is Joel B. Grossman, Lawyers and judges: The ABA and the ...
Rehnquist, William H. “Another View: Clerks Might “Influence' Some Actions.” U.S. News & World Report, 21 February 1958, p. ... New York: Chelsea House in association with Bowker, 1969. Salzman, Ed. “Why Brown Jumped into the Budget ...
This classic reader has been a best selling component to the Judicial Process/Judicial Politics/American Legal System course for years. Now thoroughly updated while retaining the features that made it attractive...
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