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Book The Behavior of Federal Judges

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  • Author : Lee Epstein
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 2013-01-07
  • ISBN : 0674070682
  • Pages : 491 pages

Download or read book The Behavior of Federal Judges written by Lee Epstein and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-07 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judges play a central role in the American legal system, but their behavior as decision-makers is not well understood, even among themselves. The system permits judges to be quite secretive (and most of them are), so indirect methods are required to make sense of their behavior. Here, a political scientist, an economist, and a judge work together to construct a unified theory of judicial decision-making. Using statistical methods to test hypotheses, they dispel the mystery of how judicial decisions in district courts, circuit courts, and the Supreme Court are made. The authors derive their hypotheses from a labor-market model, which allows them to consider judges as they would any other economic actors: as self-interested individuals motivated by both the pecuniary and non-pecuniary aspects of their work. In the authors' view, this model describes judicial behavior better than either the traditional “legalist” theory, which sees judges as automatons who mechanically apply the law to the facts, or the current dominant theory in political science, which exaggerates the ideological component in judicial behavior. Ideology does figure into decision-making at all levels of the federal judiciary, the authors find, but its influence is not uniform. It diminishes as one moves down the judicial hierarchy from the Supreme Court to the courts of appeals to the district courts. As The Behavior of Federal Judges demonstrates, the good news is that ideology does not extinguish the influence of other components in judicial decision-making. Federal judges are not just robots or politicians in robes.

Book The Federal Judicature  Ch III of the Constitution

Download or read book The Federal Judicature Ch III of the Constitution written by and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Federal Courts

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  • Author : Richard A. Posner
  • Publisher : Harvard University Press
  • Release : 2009-07-01
  • ISBN : 0674042247
  • Pages : 430 pages

Download or read book The Federal Courts written by Richard A. Posner and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-01 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The federal courts are the world’s most powerful judiciary and a vital element of the American political system. In recent decades, these courts have experienced unprecedented growth in caseload and personnel. Many judges and lawyers believe that a “crisis in quantity” is imperiling the ability of the federal judiciary to perform its historic function of administering justice fairly and expeditiously. In a substantially revised edition of his widely acclaimed 1985 book The Federal Courts: Crisis and Reform, Chief Judge Richard A. Posner of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit provides a comprehensive evaluation of the federal judiciary and a detailed program of judicial reform. Drawing on economic and political theory as well as on legal analysis and his own extensive judicial experience, Posner sketches the history of the federal courts, describes the contemporary institution, appraises the concerns that have been expressed with the courts’ performance, and presents a variety of proposals for both short-term and fundamental reform. In contrast to some of the direr prophecies of observers of the federal courts, Posner emphasizes the success of these courts in adapting to steep caseload growth with minimum sacrifice in quality. Although the book ranges over a variety of traditional topics in federal jurisdiction, the focus is steady on federal judicial administration conceived of as an interdisciplinary approach emphasizing system rather than doctrine, statistics rather than impressions, and caseload rather than cases. Like the earlier edition, this book promises to be a landmark in the empirical study of judicial administration.

Book Journal of the American Judicature Society

Download or read book Journal of the American Judicature Society written by American Judicature Society and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Federal Judiciary

Download or read book The Federal Judiciary written by Henry Augustus Boardman and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Judgeship Creation in the Federal Courts

Download or read book Judgeship Creation in the Federal Courts written by Carl Baar and published by . This book was released on 1981 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A report to the Federal Judicial Center.

Book The Federal Judiciary and Institutional Change

Download or read book The Federal Judiciary and Institutional Change written by Deborah J. Barrow and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 1996 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth historical analysis of partisan transformations of the Federal Judiciary

Book The Law of the Federal Judiciary

Download or read book The Law of the Federal Judiciary written by Samuel Thayer Spear and published by . This book was released on 1883 with total page 912 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Judicial Process in America

Download or read book Judicial Process in America written by Robert A. Carp and published by CQ Press. This book was released on 2015-12-30 with total page 612 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Known for shedding light on the link among the courts, public policy, and the political environment, Judicial Process in America provides a comprehensive overview of the American judiciary. In this Tenth Edition, authors Robert A. Carp, Ronald Stidham, Kenneth L. Manning, and Lisa M. Holmes examine the recent Supreme Court rulings on same-sex marriage and health care subsidies, the effect of three women justices on the Court’s patterns of decision, and the policy-making role of state tribunals. Original data on the decision-making behavior of the Obama trial judges—which are unavailable anywhere else—ensure this text’s position as a standard bearer in the field.

Book Almanac of the Federal Judiciary

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  • Author : Aspen Publishers Editorial Staff
  • Publisher : Wolters Kluwer
  • Release : 1995-12-31
  • ISBN : 0735568898
  • Pages : 1836 pages

Download or read book Almanac of the Federal Judiciary written by Aspen Publishers Editorial Staff and published by Wolters Kluwer. This book was released on 1995-12-31 with total page 1836 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Almanac of the Federal Judiciary has built its considerable reputation by providing balanced, responsible judicial profiles of every federal judge and all the key bankruptcy judges and magistrate judges -- profiles that include reliable inside information based on interviews with lawyers who have argued cases before the federal judiciary. Containing valuable, hard-to-find material on every federal trial judge and appellate judge in the nation, this unique resource includes: Each judge's academic and professional background, experience on the bench, noteworthy rulings, and media coverage Candid, revealing commentary by lawyers, based on first-hand experiences before their local federal judges Helpful tips for your litigating team in shaping case strategy Important insights into each judge's style, demeanor, knowledge, and management of courtroom proceedings And continuing in-depth research, with semiannual updates. The Almanac of the Federal Judiciary is divided into two volumes: Volume 1: District Magistrates and Bankruptcy Judges Volume 2: Circuit Judges

Book Journal of the American Judicature Society

Download or read book Journal of the American Judicature Society written by and published by . This book was released on 1926 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book 51 Imperfect Solutions

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  • Author : Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton
  • Publisher : Oxford University Press
  • Release : 2018-05-07
  • ISBN : 0190866063
  • Pages : 288 pages

Download or read book 51 Imperfect Solutions written by Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-07 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we think of constitutional law, we invariably think of the United States Supreme Court and the federal court system. Yet much of our constitutional law is not made at the federal level. In 51 Imperfect Solutions, U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton argues that American Constitutional Law should account for the role of the state courts and state constitutions, together with the federal courts and the federal constitution, in protecting individual liberties. The book tells four stories that arise in four different areas of constitutional law: equal protection; criminal procedure; privacy; and free speech and free exercise of religion. Traditional accounts of these bedrock debates about the relationship of the individual to the state focus on decisions of the United States Supreme Court. But these explanations tell just part of the story. The book corrects this omission by looking at each issue-and some others as well-through the lens of many constitutions, not one constitution; of many courts, not one court; and of all American judges, not federal or state judges. Taken together, the stories reveal a remarkably complex, nuanced, ever-changing federalist system, one that ought to make lawyers and litigants pause before reflexively assuming that the United States Supreme Court alone has all of the answers to the most vexing constitutional questions. If there is a central conviction of the book, it's that an underappreciation of state constitutional law has hurt state and federal law and has undermined the appropriate balance between state and federal courts in protecting individual liberty. In trying to correct this imbalance, the book also offers several ideas for reform.

Book State federal Judicial Observer

Download or read book State federal Judicial Observer written by and published by . This book was released on 1998-03 with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book The Third Branch

Download or read book The Third Branch written by and published by . This book was released on 1986 with total page 10 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Almanac of the Federal Judiciary

Download or read book Almanac of the Federal Judiciary written by Barnabas D. Johnson and published by Aspen Law & Business Publishers. This book was released on 1984 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Study of the Federal Judicial System

Download or read book Study of the Federal Judicial System written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Creating the federal judicial system

Download or read book Creating the federal judicial system written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: