Judges and Their Audiences : A Perspective on Judicial Behavior /

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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Baum, Lawrence
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2008.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Law, Politics & Government.
Law - U.S.
Law - U.S. - General.
Law > Psychological aspects.
Judicial process.
Judges.
LAW > Jurisprudence.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
Droit > Aspect psychologique.
Processus judiciaire > États-Unis.
Juges > États-Unis.
Judicial process > United States.
Judges > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Thinking about Judicial Behavior; CHAPTER 2 Judging as Self-Presentation; CHAPTER 3 Court Colleagues, the Public, and the Other Branches of Government; CHAPTER 4 Social and Professional Groups; CHAPTER 5 Policy Groups, the News Media, and the Greenhouse Effect; CHAPTER 6 Implications for the Study of Judicial Behavior; References; Name Index; Subject and Case Index.

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