Screen LibraryThe judicial branch
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| Group Author: | ; |
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| Published: |
Oxford University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Oxford [England] New York |
| Publication Dates: | c2005. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Series: |
Institutions of American democracy series |
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| Carrier Form: | xxviii, 579 p.: ; 23 cm. |
| Publication Frequency: | View table of contents on the Internet via the World Wide Web. |
| ISBN: |
0195171721 (alk. paper) 9780195171723 (alk. paper) |
| Index Number: | D971 |
| CLC: | D971.262 |
| Call Number: | D971.262/J928 |
| Contents: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. The historical foundations of the American judiciary / William E. Nelson -- Judges and democracy : the changing role of the United States Supreme Court / Cass R. Sunstein -- Judicial independence and the majoritarian difficulty / Kermit L. Hall -- The judiciary and the separation of powers / Richard A. Brisbin, Jr. -- Judicial review and interpretation : have the courts become sovereign when interpreting the constitution? / Keith E. Whittington -- Paths to the Bench : selecting Supreme Court justices in a "juristocratic" world / Joel B. Grossman -- Is judicial federalism essential to democracy? : state courts in the federal system / Paul Brace and Melinda Gann Hall -- American courts and democracy : a comparative perspective / Donald P. Kommers -- Courts in American popular culture / Lynn Mather -- What Americans know about the courts and why it matters / Gregory A. Caldeira and Kevin T. McGuire -- The impact of courts on American life / Gerald N. Rosenberg -- Judicial activism and American democracy / Doris Marie Provine -- Courts and the rights revolution / Charles R. Epp -- Discrimination through direct democracy : the role of the judiciary in the pursuit of equality / Sue Davis -- From republic to democracy : the judiciary and the political process / Mark A. Graber -- Courts and the definition of defendants' rights / David A. Yalof -- Public education, democratic life, and the American courts / Douglas S. Reed -- Property rights and democracy in the American constitutional order / James W. Ely, Jr. -- The future of the judicial branch : courts and democracy in the twenty-first century / Lawrence Baum. |