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Is the death penalty a more effective deterrent than lengthy prison sentences? Does a judge's gender influence their decisions? Do independent judicia...
Seventeen thought-provoking essays in this sophisticated yet accessible reader demonstrate how political scientists conduct research on law, courts, a...
Two Centuries of Data, Decisions, and Developments
The Supreme Court Compendium provides historical and statistical information on the Supreme Court: its institutional development; caseload; decision t...
Rights, Liberties, and Justice
Political factors influence judicial decisions. Arguments and input from lawyers and interest groups, shifting public opinion, and the ideological and...
The Choices Justices Make is a groundbreaking work that offers a strategic account of Supreme Court decision making. Justices realize that their abili...
A Theoretical and Empirical Study of Rational Choice
Judges play a central role in the American legal system, but their behavior as decision-makers is not well understood, even among themselves. The syst...
A Comparative Perspective
The past decade has witnessed a worldwide explosion of work aimed at illuminating judicial-behavior: the choices judges make and the consequences of t...
A Short Course
"Excellent balance of case excerpts and author explanation, highly appropriate for undergraduate students." —Dr. Wendy Brame, Briar Cliff University...
Data, Decisions, and Developments
Institutional Powers and Constraints
A host of political factors—both internal and external—influence the Court’s decisions and shape the development of constitutional law. Among th...
The Politics of Judicial Appointments
From Louis Brandeis to Robert Bork to Clarence Thomas, the nomination of federal judges has generated intense political conflict. With the coming reti...
Political factors influence judicial decisions. Arguments and input from lawyers and interest groups, the ebb and flow of public opinion, and especial...
The Supreme Court Compendium is the only reference that presents historical and statistical information on every important aspect of the U.S. Supreme ...
Institutional Powers and Constraints : 1994-1995 Supplement
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Judicial decisions are influenced by myriad political factors, from lawyers and interest groups, to the shifting sentiments of public opinion, to the ...
Known for attentive revising and streamlining, the authors continue to strengthen the distinctive features of their best-selling text-its currency, sc...
Data, Decisions, and Developments (Fifth Edition)
This title provides historical and statistical information on every important aspect of the U.S. Supreme Court, including its history, development as ...
Abortion and the Death Penalty
The authors analyze abortion and death penalty decisions by the Supreme Court and argue that they provide prime examples of abrupt legal change. After...
Institutional Profiles
Public Interest Law Groups focuses on a special segment of the profession, namely groups `that provide cost-free legal care to willing clients' includ...
1997-1998 Supplement. Rights, liberties, and justice
This classic reader has been a best selling component of the Judicial Process/Judicial Politics/American Legal System course for years. The sixth edit...
1997-1999 Supplement. Rights, liberties, and justice
Rights, Liberties, and Justice : 2000-2002 Supplement
Supreme Court and Legal Change: Abortion and the Death Penalty...
2000-2003 Supplement. Institutional powers and constraints
2000-2001 Supplement. Rights, liberties, and justice
Institutional Powers and Constraints : 1991-1992 Term Supplement
rights, liberties, and justice. Supplement
Rights, Liberties, and Justice : 1994-1996 Supplement
2000-2002 Supplement. Institutional powers and constraints
Institutional Powers and Constraints : 1994-1996 Supplement
An Annotated Bibliography and Research Guide
Annotations of one to two paragraphs accompany citations of published books and articles on the use of the judicial system by special interest groups....
A Short Course with 1999-2001 Supplement
These are momentous times for the comparative analysis of judicial behaviour. Once the sole province of U.S. scholars--and mostly political scientists...