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The Oxford handbook of U.S. judicial behavior / edited by Lee Epstein and Stefanie A. Lindquist.

Contributor(s): Epstein, Lee, 1958- [editor.] | Lindquist, Stefanie A, 1963- [editor.].
Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford handbooks of American politics: ; Oxford handbooks online: Description: 1 online resource.ISBN: 9780191750823 (ebook) :.Other title: U.S. judicial behavior.Subject(s): Courts -- United States | Judges -- United StatesAdditional physical formats: Print version :: No titleDDC classification: 347.73 Online resources: Oxford handbooks online | Off-campus
Contents:
Federal Judicial Tenure / Albert Yoon -- Gatekeeping and Filtering in Trial Courts / Christina L. Boyd -- Access to Intermediate Appellate Courts / Donald R. Songer, Susan B. Haire -- Agenda-Setting on the United States Supreme Court / Ryan J. Owens, James Sieja -- Law Clerks / Artemus Ward -- Opinion Writing / Pamela C. Corley -- Courtroom Proceedings in U.S. Federal Courts / Timothy R. Johnson -- Vertical Stare Decisis / Thomas G. Hansford -- Courts and Executives / Jeffrey L. Yates, Scott Boddery -- Ideology and Partisanship / Jeffrey A. Segal -- Judges and Their Audiences / Lawrence Baum -- Interest Groups and the Judiciary / Paul M. Collins Jr. -- The Economic Analysis of Judicial Behavior / Lee Epstein, Jack Knight -- Judicial Review / Tom Clark -- Appointing Federal Judges / Nancy Scherer -- The Relationship between Courts and Legislatures / Thomas M. Keck -- Covering the Courts / Rorie Solberg -- The Supreme Court and Public Opinion / Joseph Daniel Ura, Alison Higgins Merrill -- The Role of Personal Attributes and Social Backgrounds on Judging / Tracey E. George, Taylor Grace Weaver -- Judicial Impact / Matthew E.K. Hall -- Cognition in the Courts: Analyzing the Use of Experiments to Study Legal Decision-Making / Eileen Braman -- New Measurement Technologies: A Review and Application to Nuremberg and Justice Jackson / Daniel E. Ho, Michael Morse -- The Strategic Analysis of Judicial Behavior and the Separation of Powers / Chad L. Westerland -- Law in Judicial Decision Making / David Klein -- The Use of Observational Data to Study Law and the Judiciary / Sara C. Benesh -- Judicial Elections: Judges and Their “New-Style” Constituencies / James L. Gibson, Michael J. Nelson -- Appointing Supreme Court Justices / Christine L. Nemacheck.
Summary: The chapters in this handbook reflect on aspects of judicial decision-making in U.S. courts, with a focus on the factors and institutional dynamics that shape the choices judges make. The authors have provided chapters that describe existing research on multiple aspects of the decision-making process and environment, including chapters on judicial appointments and elections, court personnel (law clerks), trial and appellate processes, precedent and case selection, lawyers, litigants and interest groups, intergovernmental dynamics and the separation of powers, judicial attitudes and background characteristics, public opinion, and judicial impact and the implementation of court decrees.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Federal Judicial Tenure / Albert Yoon -- Gatekeeping and Filtering in Trial Courts / Christina L. Boyd -- Access to Intermediate Appellate Courts / Donald R. Songer, Susan B. Haire -- Agenda-Setting on the United States Supreme Court / Ryan J. Owens, James Sieja -- Law Clerks / Artemus Ward -- Opinion Writing / Pamela C. Corley -- Courtroom Proceedings in U.S. Federal Courts / Timothy R. Johnson -- Vertical Stare Decisis / Thomas G. Hansford -- Courts and Executives / Jeffrey L. Yates, Scott Boddery -- Ideology and Partisanship / Jeffrey A. Segal -- Judges and Their Audiences / Lawrence Baum -- Interest Groups and the Judiciary / Paul M. Collins Jr. -- The Economic Analysis of Judicial Behavior / Lee Epstein, Jack Knight -- Judicial Review / Tom Clark -- Appointing Federal Judges / Nancy Scherer -- The Relationship between Courts and Legislatures / Thomas M. Keck -- Covering the Courts / Rorie Solberg -- The Supreme Court and Public Opinion / Joseph Daniel Ura, Alison Higgins Merrill -- The Role of Personal Attributes and Social Backgrounds on Judging / Tracey E. George, Taylor Grace Weaver -- Judicial Impact / Matthew E.K. Hall -- Cognition in the Courts: Analyzing the Use of Experiments to Study Legal Decision-Making / Eileen Braman -- New Measurement Technologies: A Review and Application to Nuremberg and Justice Jackson / Daniel E. Ho, Michael Morse -- The Strategic Analysis of Judicial Behavior and the Separation of Powers / Chad L. Westerland -- Law in Judicial Decision Making / David Klein -- The Use of Observational Data to Study Law and the Judiciary / Sara C. Benesh -- Judicial Elections: Judges and Their “New-Style” Constituencies / James L. Gibson, Michael J. Nelson -- Appointing Supreme Court Justices / Christine L. Nemacheck.

The chapters in this handbook reflect on aspects of judicial decision-making in U.S. courts, with a focus on the factors and institutional dynamics that shape the choices judges make. The authors have provided chapters that describe existing research on multiple aspects of the decision-making process and environment, including chapters on judicial appointments and elections, court personnel (law clerks), trial and appellate processes, precedent and case selection, lawyers, litigants and interest groups, intergovernmental dynamics and the separation of powers, judicial attitudes and background characteristics, public opinion, and judicial impact and the implementation of court decrees.

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