Picking federal judges : lower court selection from Roosevelt through Reagan /
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| Author / Creator: | Goldman, Sheldon |
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| Imprint: | New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, c1997. |
| Description: | xv, 428 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2770447 |
Table of Contents:
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Judicial Selection in Theoretical and Historical Perspective
- 2. Roosevelt Remakes the Courts
- 3. Truman Carries On
- 4. Eisenhower Takes Charge
- 5. The New Frontier/Great Society Judiciary
- 6. Picking Judges in the Shadow of Watergate
- 7. Carter Reforms Judicial Selection
- 8. Reaganizing the Judiciary
- 9. Summing Up over Fifty-Six Years
- Appendix. A Note on Sources
- Notes
- Index
