Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of JusticePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Appellate courts
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
Supreme Court Workload
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of JusticePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Appellate courts
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
The Workload of the Supreme Court
Author: Gerhard CasperPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Examines the history of the workload problem of the Court, analyzes causes of the increased caseload & its impact on the Court's effectiveness, discusses previous research on the increase, & evaluates the earlier findings & conclusions in light of statistical data. Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc.
Supreme Court
Author: The Behavior of Federal Judges
Author: Lee EpsteinPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674070682
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 491
Book Description
Judges play a central role in the American legal system, but their behavior as decision-makers is not well understood, even among themselves. The system permits judges to be quite secretive (and most of them are), so indirect methods are required to make sense of their behavior. Here, a political scientist, an economist, and a judge work together to construct a unified theory of judicial decision-making. Using statistical methods to test hypotheses, they dispel the mystery of how judicial decisions in district courts, circuit courts, and the Supreme Court are made. The authors derive their hypotheses from a labor-market model, which allows them to consider judges as they would any other economic actors: as self-interested individuals motivated by both the pecuniary and non-pecuniary aspects of their work. In the authors' view, this model describes judicial behavior better than either the traditional “legalist” theory, which sees judges as automatons who mechanically apply the law to the facts, or the current dominant theory in political science, which exaggerates the ideological component in judicial behavior. Ideology does figure into decision-making at all levels of the federal judiciary, the authors find, but its influence is not uniform. It diminishes as one moves down the judicial hierarchy from the Supreme Court to the courts of appeals to the district courts. As The Behavior of Federal Judges demonstrates, the good news is that ideology does not extinguish the influence of other components in judicial decision-making. Federal judges are not just robots or politicians in robes.
The Business of the Supreme Court
Author: Felix FrankfurterPublisher: New York : MacMillan
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional law
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Model Rules of Professional Conduct
Author: American Bar Association. House of DelegatesPublisher: American Bar Association
ISBN: 9781590318737
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
The Model Rules of Professional Conduct provides an up-to-date resource for information on legal ethics. Federal, state and local courts in all jurisdictions look to the Rules for guidance in solving lawyer malpractice cases, disciplinary actions, disqualification issues, sanctions questions and much more. In this volume, black-letter Rules of Professional Conduct are followed by numbered Comments that explain each Rule's purpose and provide suggestions for its practical application. The Rules will help you identify proper conduct in a variety of given situations, review those instances where discretionary action is possible, and define the nature of the relationship between you and your clients, colleagues and the courts.
Report of the Study Group on the Caseload of the Supreme Court
Author: Study Group on the Caseload of the Supreme Court (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Court calendars
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
The Supreme Court and Its Work
Author: Elder WittPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
The Oxford Companion to the Supreme Court of the United States
Author: Without Precedent
Author: Joel Richard PaulPublisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0525533281
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
From the author of Unlikely Allies and Indivisible comes the remarkable story of John Marshall who, as chief justice, statesman, and diplomat, played a pivotal role in the founding of the United States. No member of America's Founding Generation had a greater impact on the Constitution and the Supreme Court than John Marshall, and no one did more to preserve the delicate unity of the fledgling United States. From the nation's founding in 1776 and for the next forty years, Marshall was at the center of every political battle. As Chief Justice of the United States—the longest-serving in history—he established the independence of the judiciary and the supremacy of the federal Constitution and courts. As the leading Federalist in Virginia, he rivaled his cousin Thomas Jefferson in influence. As a diplomat and secretary of state, he defended American sovereignty against France and Britain, counseled President John Adams, and supervised the construction of the city of Washington. D.C. This is the astonishing true story of how a rough-cut frontiersman—born in Virginia in 1755 and with little formal education—invented himself as one of the nation's preeminent lawyers and politicians who then reinvented the Constitution to forge a stronger nation. Without Precedent is the engrossing account of the life and times of this exceptional man, who with cunning, imagination, and grace shaped America's future as he held together the Supreme Court, the Constitution, and the country itself.