Race Relations Litigation in an Age of Complexity

Stephen L Wasby

• Paperback | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• The first book-length study of civil rights litigation from the late 1960s through the early 1980s, Race Relations Litigation in an Age of Complexity ... Lees meer

Law, Politics, & Perception

Eileen Braman

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• Are judges' decisions more likely to be based on personal inclinations or legal authority? The answer, Eileen Braman argues, is both. Law, Politics, a... Lees meer

When Dissents Matter

Pamela C Corley, Amy Steigerwalt, Artemus Ward

• Paperback | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• The ability of US Supreme Court justices to dissent from the majority, to formally register and explain their belief that a case has been wrongly deci... Lees meer

Judicial Independence in the Age of Democracy

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• This collection of essays by leading scholars of constitutional law looks at a critical component of constitutional democracy--judicial independence--... Lees meer

Senate

Daniel Wirls

• Paperback | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• In this lively analysis, Daniel Wirls examines the Senate in relation to our other institutions of government and the constitutional system as a whole... Lees meer

Institutional Games and the U.S. Supreme Court

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• Over the course of the past decade, the behavioral analysis of decisions by the Supreme Court has turned to game theory to gain new insights into this... Lees meer

High Courts in Global Perspective

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• High courts around the world hold a revered place in the legal hierarchy. These courts are the presumed impartial final arbiters as individuals, insti... Lees meer

In Chambers

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• Written by former law clerks, legal scholars, biographers, historians, and political scientists, the essays in In Chambers tell the fascinating story ... Lees meer

Of Courtiers and Princes

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• Praise for In Chambers: "This new collection of essays, including some by former clerks, takes readers inside justices' chambers for a look at clerksh... Lees meer

Constitutional Thought of Thomas Jefferson (Revised)

David N Mayer

• Paperback | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• In this comprehensive account of Thomas Jefferson's constitutional thought, David N. Mayer offers a fresh perspective on Jefferson's philosophy of gov... Lees meer

Judicial Independence in the Age of Democracy

• Paperback | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• This collection of essays by leading scholars of constitutional law looks at a critical component of constitutional democracy--judicial independence--... Lees meer

The Warren Court in Historical and Political Perspective

Mark Tushnet

• Paperback | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• The tenure of Earl Warren as chief justice of the United States Supreme Court (1953-69) was marked by a series of decisions unique in the history of t... Lees meer

Creating Constitutional Change

• Paperback | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• Because the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court tell us what the Constitution means, they can create constitutional change. For quite some time, genera... Lees meer

Judging on a Collegial Court

Virginia A Hettinger, Stefanie A Lindquist, Wendy L Martinek

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• in the professional world as a starting point for collaboration; rather than leaving decisions to just one person, dissent offers the opportunity to r... Lees meer

The Battle for the Court

Lawrence Baum, David Klein, Matthew J Streb

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• Once largely ignored, judicial elections in the states have become increasingly controversial over the past two decades. Legal organizations, prominen... Lees meer

Battle Over the Bench

Amy Steigerwalt

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• Who gets seated on the lower federal courts and why? Why are some nominees confirmed easily while others travel a long, hard road to confirmation? Wha... Lees meer

Answering the Call of the Court

Vanessa A Baird

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• The U.S. Supreme Court is the quintessential example of a court that expanded its agenda into policy areas that were once reserved for legislatures. Y... Lees meer

The Martinsville Seven

Eric W Rise

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• This book offers the first comprehensive treatment of the case of the Martinsville Seven, a group of young black men executed in 1951 for the rape of ... Lees meer

A Storm Over This Court

Jeffrey D Hockett

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• On the way to offering a new analysis of the basis of the Supreme Court's iconic decision in Brown v. Board of Education, Jeffrey Hockett critiques an... Lees meer

The View of the Courts from the Hill

Mark C Miller

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• The View of the Courts from the Hill explores the current interactions and relationship between the U.S. Congress and federal courts using a "governan... Lees meer

Voters' Verdicts

Chris W Bonneau, Damon M Cann

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• In Voters' Verdicts, Chris Bonneau and Damon Cann address contemporary concerns with judicial elections by investigating factors that influence voters... Lees meer

The Nature of Rights at the American Founding and Beyond

• Paperback | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• Americans have been claiming and defending rights since long before the nation achieved independence. But few Americans recognize how profoundly the n... Lees meer

Constitutional Powers and Politics

Eileen Braman

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• The relationship between public opinion and the actions of institutions such as the Supreme Court has come under increased scrutiny in recent years. I... Lees meer

Justice Curtis in the Civil War Era

Stuart Streichler

• Hardcover | Engels | Constitutionalism and Democracy
• During a career as both a lawyer and a Supreme Court justice, Benjamin R. Curtis addressed practically every major constitutional question of the mid-... Lees meer