The judicial branch /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Hall, Kermit L., 1944-2006, McGuire, Kevin T.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, [2005]
Series:Institutions of American democracy series.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • The historical foundations of the American judiciary / William E. Nelson
  • Judges and democracy : the changing role of the United States Supreme Court / Cass R. Sunstein
  • Judicial independence and the majoritarian difficulty / Kermit L. Hall
  • The judiciary and the separation of powers / Richard A. Brisbin, Jr.
  • Judicial review and interpretation : have the courts become sovereign when interpreting the constitution? / Keith E. Whittington
  • Paths to the Bench : selecting Supreme Court justices in a "juristocratic" world / Joel B. Grossman
  • Is judicial federalism essential to democracy? : state courts in the federal system / Paul Brace and Melinda Gann Hall
  • American courts and democracy : a comparative perspective / Donald P. Kommers
  • Courts in American popular culture / Lynn Mather
  • What Americans know about the courts and why it matters / Gregory A. Caldeira and Kevin T. McGuire
  • The impact of courts on American life / Gerald N. Rosenberg
  • Judicial activism and American democracy / Doris Marie Provine
  • Courts and the rights revolution / Charles R. Epp
  • Discrimination through direct democracy : the role of the judiciary in the pursuit of equality / Sue Davis
  • From republic to democracy : the judiciary and the political process / Mark A. Graber
  • Courts and the definition of defendants' rights / David A. Yalof
  • Public education, democratic life, and the American courts / Douglas S. Reed
  • Property rights and democracy in the American constitutional order / James W. Ely, Jr.
  • The future of the judicial branch : courts and democracy in the twenty-first century / Lawrence Baum.