Judicial Tug of War - How Lawyers, Politicians, Ideological Incentives Shape American

Develops a novel theory about how and why politicians and legal elites politicise courts, situating this within the context of the wider American political landscape. Analysing the ideological composition of the nation's courts, this text demonstrates to policy makers and lay political observers the processes and consequences of judicial reforms.

List of contents

1. Introduction; Part I. The Legal Profession and the 'Captured Judiciary': 2. The 'American Aristocracy'; 3. The Bar, Self Regulation, and Judicial Capture; Part II. Political Actors and the Incentive to Politicize: 4. Politicians, their Interests, and the Judicial Tug of War; 5. Politicization in the Federal Courts; 6. Politicization in the States; Part III. Ramifications of the Judicial Tug of War: 7. Politics of Judicial Reform; 8. Polarization and Conflict; 9. Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.

About the author

Adam Bonica is Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Stanford University.Maya Sen is Professor of Public Policy at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government.

Summary

Develops a novel theory about how and why politicians and legal elites politicise courts, situating this within the context of the wider American political landscape. Analysing the ideological composition of the nation's courts, this text demonstrates to policy makers and lay political observers the processes and consequences of judicial reforms.

Product details

• Authors: Bonica Maya Sen Adam Bonica, Adam Bonica, Adam (Stanford University Bonica, Maya Sen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2020
• EAN: 9781108841368
• ISBN: 978-1-108-84136-8
• No. of pages: 334
• Series: Political Economy of Instituti; Political Economy of Institutions and Decisions
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, LAW / Constitutional, Politics & government, Political structures: democracy, Political Economy, Politics and government, Constitutional & administrative law, Constitutional and administrative law: general