Judicial Power

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943208463Author Doug CoulsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Amherst CollegePublisher Amherst College

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781610273114Author Lynn MatherFormat PaperbackPage Count 334Imprint Quid Pro, LLCPublisher Quid Pro, LLCWeight(grams) 449gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 18mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781648288654Author Oagile Bethuel Key DingakeFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint Notion PressPublisher Notion PressWeight(grams) 390gDimensions(mm) 203mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989410137Author David B SchockFormat PaperbackPage Count 770Imprint Peninsula PressPublisher Peninsula PressWeight(grams) 1311g

In analyzing the Supreme Court's powers in federal-state relations, the author demonstrates that the framers of the constitution clearly intended that the Court should be the federal umpire, thus disproving a charge by modern states' righters of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692649329Author Clark Cumings JohnsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 526Imprint Clark Cumings JohnsonPublisher Clark Cumings JohnsonWeight(grams) 694g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989873826Author Patrick MansellFormat PaperbackPage Count 202Imprint Bimini Twist AdventuresPublisher Bimini Twist AdventuresWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578164908Author Robert Clarence SwansonFormat PaperbackPage Count 338Imprint Robert C. SwansonPublisher Robert C. SwansonWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780615871455Author Niles MercadoFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Level PressPublisher Level PressWeight(grams) 286g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780995732247Author Dawn BatesFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Dawn PublishingPublisher Dawn Publishing

A data-rich examination of the US Supreme Court's unprecedented detachment from the democratic processes that buttress its legitimacy. Today’s Supreme Court is unlike any other in American history. This is not just because of its jurisprudence but also...

Foregrounding religious, racialized and gendered disputes, Decision Making and Controversies in State Supreme Courts examines state supreme court decision making during controversies. Using case studies within Alabama, Louisiana, and Wisconsin, Salmon...

The idea that wealthy people use their money to influence things, including politics, law, and media will surprise very few people. However, as Michael S. Kang and Joanna Shepherd argue in this readable and rich study of the state judiciary, the effect...

This book elaborates a new framework for considering and understanding the relationship between law and memory.How can law influence collective memory? What are the mechanisms law employs to influence social perceptions of the past? And how successful is...

Revised and updated to include the latest Supreme Court decisions, this classic text, now in its tenth edition, provides a concise overview of the judiciary in general and the Supreme Court in particular. The only book available that combines theory and...

In this sweeping study of the judicial opinion, William D. Popkin examines how judges' opinions have been presented from the early American Republic to the present. Throughout history, he maintains, judges have presented their opinions within political...

Revised and updated to include the latest Supreme Court decisions, this classic text, now in its tenth edition, provides a concise overview of the judiciary in general and the Supreme Court in particular. The only book available that combines theory and...

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...

Exploring the growing significance of the administration of justice in both democratic and non-democratic countries, often labeled as 'the judicialization of politics', this timely book considers how increased levels of interest in the analysis of...

The role of the European judiciary has, in recent years, undergone a significant upheaval that has led to a realignment of judicial, legislative and executive powers. This exciting book provides an insider's perspective on how these changes have affected...

This book examines the complex relationship that exists between the construction of judicial power, and the institutional characteristics of the courts and their regime setting. It examines the intriguing connection between the construction of judicial...

In this book, a distinguished international group of legal theorists re-examine legal positivism as a prescriptive political theory and consider its implications for the constitutionally defined roles of legislatures and courts. The issues are...

If justice in the Arab world is often marked by a lack of autonomy of the judiciary toward the executive power, one of the characteristic features of the Egyptian judiciary lies in its strength and activism in the defense of democratic values. Judges...

From 1983 to 1987, author Mark Dunn worked as a court clerk for a justice of the peace in Travis County, Texas, where, he says, "I learned more about human nature . . . than I could have learned in any other job I might have taken up as a...

While appealing specifically to legal academics and political and social scientists, Governing from the Bench is accessible to anyone interested in the inner workings of the Supreme Court of Canada.Book InformationISBN 9780774823500Author Emmett...

In this book, a distinguished international group of legal theorists re-examine legal positivism as a prescriptive political theory and consider its implications for the constitutionally defined roles of legislatures and courts. The issues are...

Exploring the growing significance of the administration of justice in both democratic and non-democratic countries, often labeled as 'the judicialization of politics', this timely book considers how increased levels of interest in the analysis of...

Wesley Newcomb Hohfeld, born in 1879, died prematurely in 1918. He left only a few law journal articles as his published work. His 'Fundamental Legal Conceptions', originally published as two articles in the 'Yale Law Journal' for 1913 and 1917 and...

When the tough-on-crime politics of the 1980s overcrowded state prisons, private companies saw potential profit in building and operating correctional facilities. Today more than a hundred thousand of the 1.5 million incarcerated Americans are held in...

In the late 1980s, a vigorous debate began about how we may best justify, in constitutional terms, the English courts' jurisdiction to judicially review the exercise of public power derived from an Act of Parliament. Two rival theories emerged in this...

No sitting federal judge has ever written so trenchant a critique of the federal judiciary as Richard A. Posner does in this, his most confrontational book. Skewering the politicization of the Supreme Court, the mismanagement of judicial staff, the...

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...

Transitional justice mechanisms employed in post-conflict and post-authoritarian contexts have largely focused upon individual violations of a narrow set of civil and political rights, as well as the provision of legal and quasi-legal remedies, such as...

The composite nature of the EU constitutional legal framework and the presence of different fundamental rights protection actors within the European landscape presents a complex and fragmented scenario in search of a coherent structure. This discerning...

The number of Black state and federal judges has grown considerably in the post-Civil Rights Era. They are, in fact, the second most represented group of judges in the state and federal courts. Furthermore, historic appointments of Black men and women to...

The number of Black state and federal judges has grown considerably in the post-Civil Rights Era. They are, in fact, the second most represented group of judges in the state and federal courts. Furthermore, historic appointments of Black men and women to...

A timely and lively summary and analysis of the Supreme Court’s justifications for overruling nearly 300 prior rulings in its historyAn audacious US Supreme Court is overturning a number of long-standing precedents, and Overturned offers a lively account...

This book presents an empirical analysis of the UK Supreme Court’s output over its first ten years, with a specific focus on each individual judge’s contribution to each case. It shows that judges, like all of us, are human; it would be difficult to...

When the Supreme Court of Canada makes a decision that invalidates a statute, it creates a constitutional moment. But does that have a direct and observable impact on public policy? Constraining the Court explores what happens when a statute involving a...

Rising Powers and State Transformation advances the concept of ‘state transformation’ as a useful lens through which to examine rising power states’ foreign policymaking and implementation, with chapters dedicated to China, Russia, India, Brazil,...