Judicial Process and Judicial Policymaking

An excellent introduction to judicial politics as a method of analysis, the eighth edition of Judicial Process and Judicial Policymaking focuses on policy in the judicial process.

List of contents

1 Courts and Law
PART I: Structures and Participants in the Judicial Process
2 The Federal and State Court Systems
3 Judges
4 Lawyers
PART II :Judicial Process and Judicial Decision Making
5 Trials and Appeals
6 Criminal Justice and the Courts
7 Civil Justice and the Courts
8 Judicial Decision Making
PART III: Judicial Policymaking
9 Judicial Policymaking: An Introduction
10 Federal Court Policymaking
11 State Court Policymaking

About the author

G. Alan Tarr received his doctorate from the University of Chicago. He is Board of Governors professor of political science emeritus and founder of the Center for State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers University, Camden. Professor Tarr has served as a constitutional consultant in Russia, South Africa, Cyprus, and Myanmar. A three-time NEH Fellow, he has most recently completed a study of judicial independence and accountability in the American states.

Summary

An excellent introduction to judicial politics as a method of analysis, the eighth edition of Judicial Process and Judicial Policymaking focuses on policy in the judicial process.

Product details

• Authors: G. Alan Tarr, Tarr G. Alan
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.01.2024
• EAN: 9781032575926
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3257592-6
• No. of pages: 380
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Law > General, dictionaries; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / American Government / General, LAW / Courts, LAW / International, LAW / Jurisprudence, LAW / Judicial Power, Politics & government, United States of America, USA, Politics and government, Jurisprudence & general issues, Jurisprudence and general issues, Judicial powers, Legal systems: judges and judicial powers, International law: courts and procedures, International courts & procedures