Independence Corrupted : How America's Judges Make Their Decisions /

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"[The author] takes readers behind the bench to probe judicial minds analyzing actual trials and sentencings--of abortion protesters, murderers, sex predators, white supremacists, and others. He takes us into chambers to hear judges forging appellate decisions about life and death, multimillion...

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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Schudson, Charles B. (Auteur)
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Madison, Wisconsin : The University of Wisconsin Press, [2018]
Collection:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Sujets:
Political questions and judicial power.
Judicial process.
Judicial power.
Judicial independence.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Judicial Branch.
LAW > Legal Services.
LAW > Civil Procedure.
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire > États-Unis.
Pouvoir judiciaire > États-Unis.
Independance judiciaire > États-Unis.
Processus judiciaire > États-Unis.
Political questions and judicial power > United States.
Judicial power > United States.
Judicial independence > United States.
Judicial process > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Preface: sacred words
  • Introduction : Independence and corruption
  • Part One. Judges. Who's the judge?
  • The prosecutor's perspective
  • The decision-making ideal
  • Part Two. In chambers. The trial judge : birth, aborted : State v. Monica Migliorino Miller
  • The appellate judge : birth, premature : Peterman v. Midwestern National Insurance Company, Special Products, Inc., Frank A. Busalacchi, and Visuals Plus, Inc.
  • Standard of review : casting the legal drama
  • The trial judge : life, and a lost teenager : In the interest of S.W., a child under eighteen years of age
  • The appellate judge : life, and a sex predator : State v. Shawn Schulpius
  • The trial judge : death, and a cherished child : State v. Anthony C. McClain
  • The appellate judge : death, and three widows : Wischer v. Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of America, Inc.
  • The trial judge : religion, and white supremacists : State v. Hollin Lange and Patrick O'Malley
  • The appellate judge : politics, "out on the point" : State v. L.C. Clay
  • Indigestion : food, mood, and more
  • Part Three. Vanishing independence. Judicial campaigns : declarations and contributions
  • Begging the question : elective or appointive?
  • Afterword: fathers and grandfathers.

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