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What motivates judges as decision makers? Political scientist Lawrence Baum offers a new perspective on this crucial question, a perspective based on judges' interest in the approval of audiences important to them. The conventional scholarly wisdom holds that judges on higher courts seek only t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Baum, Lawrence
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Temas:
Judges > United States.
Judicial process > United States.
Law > Psychological aspects.
Law > U.S. > General.
Law > U.S.
Law, Politics & Government.
Juges > États-Unis.
Processus judiciaire > États-Unis.
Droit > Aspect psychologique.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Jurisprudence.
Judges
Judicial process
Law > Psychological aspects
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What motivates judges as decision makers? Political scientist Lawrence Baum offers a new perspective on this crucial question, a perspective based on judges' interest in the approval of audiences important to them. The conventional scholarly wisdom holds that judges on higher courts seek only to make good law, good policy, or both. In these theories, judges are influenced by other people only in limited ways, in consequence of their legal and policy goals. In contrast, Baum argues that the influence of judges' audiences is pervasive. This influence derives from judges' interest in popularity an.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 231 pages)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-219) and indexes.
ISBN:9781400827541
140082754X
1282086855
9781282086852

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