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Klappentext Thoroughly revised and updated for this fourth edition, Judges on Judging offers insights into the judicial philosophies and political views of those on the bench. Broad in scope, this one-of-a-kind book features ôoff-the-benchö writings and speeches in which Supreme Court justices, as well as lower federal and state court judges, discuss the judicial process, constitutional and statutory interpretation, judicial federalism, and the role of the judiciary. Engaging introductory material provides students with necessary thematic and historical context making this book the perfect supplement to present a nuanced view of the judiciary. Zusammenfassung Judges on Judging offers insights into the judicial philosophies and political views of those on the bench. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction I. JUDICIAL REVIEW AND AMERICAN POLITICS: HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES 1. The Doctrine of Judicial Review: Mr. Marshall, Mr. Jefferson, and Mr. Marbury - Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, Supreme Court of the United States 2. The Supreme Court in the American System of Government - Justice Robert H. Jackson, Supreme Court of the United States 3. The Two Faces of Judicial Activism - Judge William Wayne Justics, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas II. THE DYNAMICS OF THE JUDICIAL PROCESS 4. Advice and Consent in Theory and Practice - Judge Roger J. Miner, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit 5. The "Fight" Theory versus the "Truth" Theory - Judge Jerome Frank, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit 6. The Adversary Judge: The Experience of the Trial Judge - Judge Marvin E. Frankel, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York 7. The Business of the U.S. District Courts - Judge D. Brock Hornby, U.S. District Court, District of Maine 8. What I Ate for Breakfast and Other Mysteries of Judicial Decision Making - Judge Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit 9. Whose Federal Judiciary Is It Anyway? - Judge Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit 10. What Really Goes on at the Supreme Court - Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr., Supreme Court of the United States 11. The Supreme Court's Conference - Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, Supreme Court of the United States 12. Deciding What to Decide: The Docket and the Rule of Four - Justice John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States 13. The Role of Oral Argument - Justice John M. Harlan II, Supreme Court of the United States 14. The Dissent: A Safeguard of Democracy - Justice William O. Douglas, Supreme Court of the United States III. THE JUDICIARY AND THE CONSTITUTION 15. Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States - Justice Joseph Story, Supreme Court of the United States 16. The Path of Law - Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Supreme Court of the United States 17. The Judge as a Legislator - Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo, Supreme Court of the United States 18. The Notion of a Living Constitution - Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, Supreme Court of the United States 19. A Relativistic Constitution - Judge William Wayne Justice, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas 20. The Jurisprudence of Judicial Restraint: A Return to the Moorings - Judge J....
