Specializing the courts
By: Lawrence Baum
Publisher: The University of Chicago Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Chicago; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 281
ISBN-13: 9780226039541; 9780226039558
Subjects: Judges; Courts
Description: Most Americans think that judges should be, and are, generalists who decide a wide array of cases. Nonetheless, we now have specialized courts in many key policy areas. This title provides a comprehensive analysis of this growing trend toward specialization in the federal and state court systems.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [231]-273) and index.
Table of contents: title: A first look at judicial specialization; title: Perspectives on causes and consequences; title: Foreign policy and internal security; title: Criminal cases; title: Economic issues : government litigation; title: Economic issues : private litigation; title: Putting the pieces together.