Courting Peril - The Political Transformation of the American Judiciary

Informationen zum Autor Charles Gardner Geyh is the John F. Kimberling Professor of Law at the Indiana University Maurer School of Law. His work on judicial independence, accountability, selection, administration and ethics has appeared in over sixty books, articles, book chapters and reports. Klappentext In recent decades, the American judiciary has undergone a political transformation that jeopardizes the rule of law paradigm that the courts have embraced for centuries. Courting Peril describes that transformation, explores its implications, and proposes a new way of thinking about the courts and their oversight. Zusammenfassung In recent decades, the American judiciary has undergone a political transformation that jeopardizes the rule of law paradigm that the courts have embraced for centuries. Courting Peril describes that transformation, explores its implications, and proposes a new way of thinking about the courts and their oversight. Inhaltsverzeichnis Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: The Rule of Law Paradigm in a Changing Landscape Chapter 2: The Changing Academic Understanding of American Courts Chapter 3: The Rule of Law Paradigm's Popular Antecedents Chapter 4: The Legal Culture Paradigm Chapter 5: Conceptualizing the Dimensions of Judicial Oversight Chapter 6: Explanations and Prescriptions

Product details

• Authors: Charles Gardner Geyh, Charles Gardner Geyh, Charles Gardner (Professor of Law Geyh, Geyh Charles Gardner
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 03.03.2016
• EAN: 9780190233495
• ISBN: 978-0-19-023349-5
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > International law, foreign law; USA, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, LAW / Constitutional, Systems of law, United States of America, USA, Law & society, Law and society, sociology of law, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general, Jurisprudence & Philosophy Of Law, Methods, theory and philosophy of law