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Judicial Politics in the United States examines the role of courts
as policymaking institutions and their interactions with the other
branches of government and other political actors in the U.S.
political system. Not only does this book cover the nuts and bolts
of the functions, structures and processes of our courts and legal
system, it goes beyond other judicial process books by exploring
how the courts interact with executives, legislatures, and state
and federal bureaucracies. It also includes a chapter devoted to
the courts' interactions with interest groups, the media, and
general public opinion and a chapter that looks at how American
courts and judges interact with other judiciaries around the
world.Judicial Politics in the United States balances coverage of
judicial processes with discussions of the courts' interactions
with our larger political universe, making it an essential text for
students of judicial politics.
"Judicial Politics in the United States" examines the role of
courts as policymaking institutions and their interactions with the
other branches of government and other political actors in the U.S.
political system. Not only does this book cover the nuts and bolts
of the functions, structures and processes of our courts and legal
system, it goes beyond other judicial process books by exploring
how the courts interact with executives, legislatures, and state
and federal bureaucracies. It also includes a chapter devoted to
the courts' interactions with interest groups, the media, and
general public opinion and a chapter that looks at how American
courts and judges interact with other judiciaries around the world.
"Judicial Politics in the United States" balances coverage of
judicial processes with discussions of the courts' interactions
with our larger political universe, making it an essential text for
students of judicial politics.
The functioning of the U.S. government is a bit messier than
Americans would like to think. The general understanding of
policymaking has Congress making the laws, executive agencies
implementing them, and the courts applying the laws as written - as
long as those laws are constitutional. "Making Policy, Making Law"
fundamentally challenges this conventional wisdom, arguing that no
dominant institution - or even a roughly consistent pattern of
relationships - exists among the various players in the federal
policymaking process. Instead, at different times and under various
conditions, all branches play roles not only in making public
policy, but in enforcing and legitimizing it as well. This is the
first text that looks in depth at this complex interplay of all
three branches. The common thread among these diverse patterns is
an ongoing dialogue among roughly coequal actors in various
branches and levels of government. Those interactions are driven by
processes of conflict and persuasion distinctive to specific policy
arenas as well as by the ideas, institutional realities, and
interests of specific policy communities. Although complex, this
fresh examination does not render the policymaking process
incomprehensible; rather, it encourages scholars to look beyond the
narrow study of individual institutions and reach across
disciplinary boundaries to discover recurring patterns of
interbranch dialogue that define (and refine) contemporary American
policy. "Making Policy, Making Law" provides a combination of
contemporary policy analysis, an interbranch perspective, and
diverse methodological approaches that speak to a surprisingly
overlooked gap in the literature dealing with the role of the
courts in the American policymaking process. It will undoubtedly
have significant impact on scholarship about national lawmaking,
national politics, and constitutional law. For scholars and
students in government and law - as well as for concerned citizenry
- this book unravels the complicated interplay of governmental
agencies and provides a heretofore in-depth look at how the U.S.
government functions in reality.
This volume presents 20 original essays by political scientists and
other judicial scholars on a variety of topics relative to the
broad area of judicial politics. One theme of these essays is to
explore the ways in which law and politics intertwine in the United
States. Secondly, the essays provide insights into how scholars go
about studying various judicial politics subjects such as the role
of judges, lawyers, and juries in our political system. The essays
explore issues at the trial court level, at the intermediate
appellate court level, and at the U.S. Supreme Court. The essays
look at the role of judges, juries, lawyers, interest groups, and
other actors in the American legal system. Some of the essays look
at the issues of judicial selection, while others look at how what
we learn about the courts in the U.S. can help us better understand
courts in other countries. Taken together, the essays reveal the
broad range of issues that students of judicial politics will want
to understand in order to appreciate the role of courts in our
society.
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