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Informationen zum Autor Christopher P. Banks is a professor at Kent State University where he has served as the department's graduate coordinator for its M.A. and Ph.D. program! and as an affiliate for the Center for Public Administration and Public Policy. Presently! he is the department's prelaw advisor. He regularly teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in the judicial process! constitutional law! civil rights and liberties! law and society! terrorism! and American politics. He holds a J.D. from the University of Dayton and a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. Before becoming a faculty member at Kent State! Professor Banks practiced law in civil and criminal litigation and was active in local and state politics; in the late 1980's he was appointed by Connecticut Governor William O'Neill to serve as an administrative hearing officer for the Connecticut Commission on Human Rights and Opportunities. Professor Banks is the author of the Judicial Politics in the D.C. Circuit Court (John Hopkins University Press! 1999); the co-author of The U.S. Supreme Court and New Federalism: From the Rehnquist to Roberts Court (Lanham: Roman & Littlefield! 2012) and Courts and Judicial Policymaking (Prentice Hall! 2008); and co-editor of the Final Arbiter: The Consequences of Bush v. Gore for Law and Politics (State University of New York Press! 2006) along with Superintending Democracy: The Courts and the Political Process (University of Akron Press! 2001). He has published numerous book chapters! book reviews! and journal articles on judicial behavior! law and politics! federalism! terrorism! and human rights in Justice System Journal! Publius: The Journal of Federalism! Judicature! International Journal of Human Rights! Public Integrity: The Journal for the American Society of Public Administration! Social Science Quarterly! Southeastern Political Review! and The Journal of Law & Politics! among others. Klappentext The Judicial Process: Law! Courts! and Judicial Politics is an all-new! concise yet comprehensive core text that introduces students to the nature and significance of the judicial process in the United States and across the globe. It is social scientific in its approach! situating the role of the courts and their impact on public policy within a strong foundation in legal theory! or political jurisprudence! as well as legal scholarship. Authors Christopher P. Banks and David M. O'Brien do not shy away from the politics of the judicial process! and offer unique insight into cutting-edge and highly relevant issues. In its distinctive boxes! "Contemporary Controversies over Courts" and "In Comparative Perspective!" the text examines topics such as the dispute pyramid! the law and morality of same-sex marriages! the "hardball politics" of judicial selection! plea bargaining trends! the right to counsel and "pay as you go" justice! judicial decisions limiting the availability of class actions! constitutional courts in Europe! the judicial role in creating major social change! and the role lawyers! juries and alternative dispute resolution techniques play in the U.S. and throughout the world. Photos! cartoons! charts! and graphs are used throughout the text to facilitate student learning and highlight key aspects of the judicial process. Zusammenfassung An all-new! concise yet comprehensive core text that introduces students to the nature and significance of the judicial process in the United States and across the globe. Inhaltsverzeichnis 79357925 ...
