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Zusatztext Life moves pretty fast and keeping up with all that goes on in a field as exciting as judicial politics is difficult. Epstein and Lindquist have assembled an all-star team of leading researchers, who have produced accessible essays that both inform readers about the topic and offer innovative ideas for future research. This volume provides a tremendous service to both scholars and students in the discipline and should be read by anyone with even a passing interest in judicial behavior. Informationen zum Autor Lee Epstein is the Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. She is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Professor Epstein's research and teaching centres on law and legal institutions, especially the behaviour of judges. She has received 12 grants from the National Science Foundation and is the author or co-author of over 100 articles and essays and 17 books, most recently, The Behavior of Federal Judges (with William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner) and An Introduction to Empirical Legal Research (with Andrew D. Martin). The New York Times and other news media frequently cite her work on the U.S. Supreme Court. Stefanie A. Lindquist serves as Deputy Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, and Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, at Arizona State University. Her research and teaching falls at the intersection of law and politics. Her previous publications include Measuring Judicial Activism (with Frank Cross, 2009). Klappentext The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics are the essential guide to the study of American political life in the 21st Century. This handbook offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of judicial behaviour in state and federal courts. Zusammenfassung The Oxford Handbooks of American Politics are the essential guide to the study of American political life in the 21st Century. This handbook offers a comprehensive introduction to the study of judicial behaviour in state and federal courts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Staffing the Court 1: Nancy Scherer: Appointing Federal Judges 2: Christine L. Nemacheck: Appointing Supreme Court Justices 3: James L. Gibson and Michael J. Nelson: Judicial Elections: Judges and Their 'New-Style' Constituencies 4: Albert Yoon: Federal Judicial Tenure 5: Artemus Ward: Law Clerks Part II: The Litigation Process and Appellate Review 6: Christina L. Boyd: Gatekeeping and Filtering in Trial Courts 7: Donald R. Songer and Susan B. Haire: Access to Intermediate Appellate Courts 8: Ryan J. Owens and James Sieja: Agenda-Setting on the United States Supreme Court 9: Timothy R. Johnson: Courtroom Proceedings in U.S. Federal Courts Part III: Judicial Decision-Making and Opinion Content 10: Pamela C. Corley: Opinion Writing 11: Thomas G. Hansford: Vertical Stare Decisis 12: David Klein: Law in Judicial Decision Making 13: Chad L. Westerland: The Strategic Analysis of Judicial Behavior and the Separation of Powers 14: Tom Clark: Judicial Review 15: Tracey E. George and Taylor Grace Weaver: The Role of Personal Attributes and Social Backgrounds on Judging 16: Justine D'Elia-Kueper and Jeffrey A. Segal: Ideology and Partisanship 17: Lee Epstein and Jack Knight: The Economic Analysis of Judicial Behavior Part IV: Judges and their Publics 18: Lawrence Baum: Judges and Their Audiences 19: Jared Perkins and Paul M. Collins, Jr.: Interest Groups and the Judiciary 20: Thomas M. Keck: The Relationship between Courts and Legislatures 21: Jeffrey L. Yates and Scott Boddery: Courts and Executives 22: Rorie Solberg: Covering the Courts 23: Joseph Daniel Ura and Alison Higgins: The Supreme Court and Public Opinion 24: Matthew E.K. H...
