State high court judges
Subtitle: institutional and environmental constraint
By: Tara W. Stricko-Neubauer
Publisher: VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Saarbrücken, Germany
Language: eng
Number of pages: 148
ISBN-13: 9783836437271
Subjects: Judges; States; Judicial process; Judicial discretion
Description: "This research examines how state high court decisions are affected by institutional and environmental factors ... explore[s] the degree to which judges' decisions are constrained due to threats posed by other actors, both elite and mass, in their environment"--P. vi.
Notes: "This research examines how state high court decisions are affected by institutional and environmental factors ... explore[s] the degree to which judges' decisions are constrained due to threats posed by other actors, both elite and mass, in their environment"--P. vi.

Includes bibliographic references (p.135-146).
Table of contents: title: Discretion and judicial decision-making; title: Institutions and judicial decision-making; title: Methods, models and research design; title: Results: discretion and decision-making; title: Same-sex marriage and capital punishment; title: Conclusion.