Are Judges Political? : An Empirical Analysis of the Federal Judiciary /

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Over the past two decades, the United States has seen an intense debate about the composition of the federal judiciary. Are judges "activists"? Should they stop "legislating from the bench"? Are they abusing their authority? Or are they protecting fundamental rights, in a way tha...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Sunstein, Cass R.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, 2006.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Political questions and judicial power.
Judicial process.
Judges.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
LAW > Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire > États-Unis.
Processus judiciaire > États-Unis.
Juges > États-Unis.
Political questions and judicial power > United States.
Judicial process > United States.
Judges > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Studying judges with numbers
  • Ideological votes and ideological panels
  • Nonideological voting and entrenched views
  • Explaining the data : conformity, group polarization, and the rule of law
  • The case of big decisions : of segregation, abortion, and obscenity
  • More conservative than thou? judicial voting across circuits, across presidents, and over time
  • What should be done? of politics, judging, and diversity.

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