The judicial branch
By: Kermit L. Hall, Kevin T. McGuire, editors.
Contributors: Hall, Kermit.; McGuire, Kevin T.
Series: Institutions of American democracy series
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Oxford [England]; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 579
ISBN-13: 9780195171723
Subjects: Courts -- United States; Judicial power -- United States; Judges -- United States; Democracy -- United States
Description: Presents a collection of essays that provide an examination of the judicial branch of the American government, including its history, its imapct, and its future.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The historical foundations of the American judiciary / William E. Nelson; title: Judges and democracy : the changing role of the United States Supreme Court / Cass R. Sunstein; title: Judicial independence and the majoritarian difficulty / Kermit L. Hall; title: The judiciary and the separation of powers / Richard A. Brisbin, Jr.; title: Judicial review and interpretation : have the courts become sovereign when interpreting the constitution? / Keith E. Whittington; title: Paths to the Bench : selecting Supreme Court justices in a "juristocratic" world / Joel B. Grossman; title: Is judicial federalism essential to democracy? : state courts in the federal system / Paul Brace and Melinda Gann Hall; title: American courts and democracy : a comparative perspective / Donald P. Kommers; title: Courts in American popular culture / Lynn Mather; title: What Americans know about the courts and why it matters / Gregory A. Caldeira and Kevin T. McGuire; title: The impact of courts on American life / Gerald N. Rosenberg; title: Judicial activism and American democracy / Doris Marie Provine; title: Courts and the rights revolution / Charles R. Epp; title: Discrimination through direct democracy : the role of the judiciary in the pursuit of equality / Sue Davis; title: From republic to democracy : the judiciary and the political process / Mark A. Graber; title: Courts and the definition of defendants' rights / David A. Yalof; title: Public education, democratic life, and the American courts / Douglas S. Reed; title: Property rights and democracy in the American constitutional order / James W. Ely, Jr.; title: The future of the judicial branch : courts and democracy in the twenty-first century / Lawrence Baum.