Judicial Process and Judicial Policymaking

ISBN-13: 9781032532240 / Miękka / 2024 / 370 str.

G. Alan Tarr

Opis

An excellent introduction to judicial politics as a method of analysis, the eighth edition of Judicial Process and Judicial Policymaking focuses on policy in the judicial process.

Spis treści

1. Courts and Law

PART I: Structures and Participants in the Judicial Process

2. The Federal and State Court Systems

3. Judges

4. Lawyers

PART II :Judicial Process and Judicial Decision Making

5. Trials and Appeals

6. Criminal Justice and the Courts

 7. Civil Justice and the Courts

8. Judicial Decision Making

PART III :Judicial Policymaking

9. Judicial Policymaking: An Introduction

10. Federal Court Policymaking

11. State Court Policymaking

O autorze

G. Alan Tarr received his doctorate from the University of Chicago. He is Board of Governors professor of political science emeritus and founder of the Center for State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers University, Camden. Professor Tarr has served as a constitutional consultant in Russia, South Africa, Cyprus, and Myanmar. . A three-time NEH Fellow, he has most recently completed a study of judicial independence and accountability in the American states.