Judicial politics: readings from Judicature /
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| Edition: | 2nd ed. |
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| Imprint: | Chicago, IL : American Judicature Society, c1999. |
| Description: | viii, 648 p. : ill. ; 26 cm. |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4118939 |
Table of Contents:
- The place of judicial review in the American tradition: the emergence of an eclectic power / Elliot E. Slotnick
- Judicial review: the usurpation and democracy questions / Albert P. Melone and George Mace
- Interpreting the constitution: the case for judicial restraint / J. Clifford Wallace
- Interpreteing the Constitution: the Supreme Court's proper and historic function / Jeffrey M. Shaman
- Judicial selection in the united States: a special report / Larry C. Berkson
- Choosing judicial candidates: how voters explain their decisions / Marie Hojnacki and Lawrenc Baum
- How minority judges fare in retention elections / Bobert C. Luskin, Christopher N. Bratcher, Christopher G. Jordan, Tracy K. Renner, and Kris S. Seago
- Clinton's second term judiciary: picking judges under fire / Sheldon Goldman and Elliot Slotnick
- The Voting behavior of Predident Clinton's judicial appointees / Ronald Stidham, Robert A. Carp, and Donald R. Songer
- From U.S. magistrates to U. S. magistrate judges: developments affecting the federal district courts' lower tier of judicial officers / Christopher E. Smith
- Law clerks: their roles and relationships with their judges / David Crump
- Centralized research staff: is there a monster in the judicial closet? / Mary Lou Stow and Harold J. Spaeth
- Facing the monster in the judicial closet: rebutting a presumption of sloth / David J. Brown
- The legal profession: a critical evaluation / Arlin M. Adams
- Truth, justice and the client's interest: can the lawyer serve all three? / Nathan L. Posner
- Contingency fee lawyers as gatekeepers in the civil justice system / Herbert M. Kritzer
- Civil rights litigation by organizations: constraints and choices / Stephen L. Wasby
- Friendly fire: amici curiae and Webster v. Reproductive Health Services / Susan M. Behuniak
- Nonlegal advice: the amicus briefs in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services / Jack E. Rossotti, Laura Natelson, and Raymond Tatalovich
- ...And then there were six: the decline of the American jury / Peter W. Sperlich
- Scientific jury selection: what social scientists know and do not know / Shari Seidman Diamond
- The capital jury: is it tilted toward death? / William J. Bowers
- Is the grand jury worth keeping? / Susan W. Brenner
- Curbing abuse of the grand jury / Gerald Lefcourt
- The voting rights Act and judicial elections litigation: the plaintiffs' perspective / Robert McDuff
- The Voting Rights Act and judicial elections litigation: the defendant states' perspective / Ronald E. Weber
- The Supreme Court and the grass roots: whom does the Court represent best? / Thomas R. Marshall
- Voting behavior and gender on the U.S. courts of appeals / Sue Davis, Susan Haire and Donald R. Songer
- The decision making of Clinton's nontraditional judicial appointees / Jennifer A. Segal
- Should there be affirmative action for the judiciary? / Sheldon Goldman
- Critical issues in the courtroom: exploring a hypothetical case / Panel Discussion
- Policy making by prosecutors: the uses of discretion in regulating plea bargaining / Alissa Worden
- Twenty years of sentencing reform: steps forward, steps backward / Michael Tonry
- 'Three strikes and you're out': are repeat offender laws having their anticipated effects? / John Clark, James Austin, and D. Alan Henry
- Race and crime: what evidence is there that race influences results in the criminal justice system? / Norval Morris
- The unanswered question: the impact of the Civil Justice Reform Act of 1990 / Steven Flanders
- Deciding what to decide: how the Supreme court sets its agenda / D. Marie Provine
- Some thoughts on judicial restraint / John Paul Stevens
- Some thoughts on the Supreme Court's workload / William J. Brennan Jr.
- Caseload, conflicts, and decisional capacity: does the Supreme Court need help? / Arthur D. Hellman
- The Rehnquist Court's shrinking plenary docket / David M. O'Brien
- Federal court reform should start at the top / Roger J. Miner
- The functions and importanc of appellate oral argument: some views of lawyers and federal judges / Stephen L. Wasby
- Justice Brennan and the institutionalization of dissent assignment / Berverly Blair Cook
- The spirit of dissent / J. Louis Campbell III
- The Supreme Court and precedent: an analysis of natural courts and reversal trends / Christopher P. Banks
- Justice Frankfurter and Justice Reed: Friendship and lobbying on the Court / Bradley C. Canon, Kimberly Greenfield, and Jason S. Fleming
- Freshman opinion writing on the U.S. Supreme Court, 1921-1991 / Terry Bowen and John M. Scheb II
- Rehnquist Court disposition of lower court decisions: affirmation, not reversal / Jeffrey A. Segal and Harold J. Spaeth
- Assessing the conservatism of the Rehnquist Court / Christopher E. Smith and Thomas R. Hensley
- Explaining transformations in Supreme court policy / Leslie Friedman Goldstein and Diana Stech
- Cameras in state courts: a historical perspective / Ruth Ann Strickland and Richter H. Moore Jr.
- Shall we dance? the courts, the community and the news media / Panel Discussion
- "The supreme Court decided today...," or did it? / Elliot E. Slotnick and Jennifer A. Segal
- Supreme Court and public support for rights claims / Thomas R. Marshall and Joseph Ignagni
- Public perception of the Supreme Court in the 1990's / John M. Scheb II and William Lyons
- Public outreach: the cornerstone of judicial independence / Kevin M. Esterling
- The Senate's confirmation role in Supreme Court nominations and the politics of ideology versus impartiality / Albert P. Melone
- The confirmation process: too much advice and too little consent / Wm. Bradford Reynolds
- Supreme Court confirmation hearings: a view from the Senate / George Watson and John Stookey
- Limiting federal court jurisdiction: the unforeseen impact on courts and Congress / Kenneth R. Kay
- Perspectives on court-Congress relations: the view from the Hill and the federal bench / Panel Discussion
- The new federalism: state constitutions and state courts / Shirley S. Abrahamson and Diane S. Gutmann
- State supreme court commitment to state law / Michael Esler
- Arbitration vs. mediation: explaining the differences / John W. Cooley
- ADR problems and prospects: looking to the future / Stephen B. Golbdberg, Eric D. Green and Frank E.A. Sander
- Rethinking barriers to legal practice / Herbert M. Kritzer
- How are courts handling pro se litigants? / Jona Goldschmidt
- The federal courts since 1787: stability and change in 200 years / Panel Discussion
- Arrogation of power or accountability: "judicial imperialism" revisited / Stephen L. Wasby
- The Judge Baer controversy / Jon O. Newman
- Political attacks on the judiciary / Stephen B. Bright
- Reining in the federal judiciary / Edwin Meese III and Rhett DeHart
- Attacks on judges : Why they fail / Barry Friedman.
