Judicial Politics in Polarized Times

Are judges neutral legal umpires, unaccountable partisan activists, or political actors whose decisions conform to-rather than challenge-the democratic will? The author argues that, despite judges' claims, legal decisions are not the politically neutral products of disembodied legal texts.

About the author

Thomas M. Keck is the Michael O. Sawyer Chair of Constitutional Law and Politics at Syracuse University's Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. He is the author of The Most Activist Supreme Court in History, also published by the University of Chicago Press.

Summary

Are judges neutral legal umpires, unaccountable partisan activists, or political actors whose decisions conform to-rather than challenge-the democratic will? The author argues that, despite judges' claims, legal decisions are not the politically neutral products of disembodied legal texts.

Product details

• Authors: Thomas M. Keck, Thomas Moylan Keck
• Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 24.11.2014
• EAN: 9780226182384
• ISBN: 978-0-226-18238-4
• No. of pages: 352
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; LAW / Judicial Power, Judicial powers, Legal systems: judges and judicial powers