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The View from the Bench and Chambers: Examining Judicial Process and Decision Making on the U.S. Courts of Appeals (Constitutionalism and Democracy)
Bowie, Jennifer Barnes, Songer, Donald R., Szmer, John
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Hardcover. Series: Constitutionalism and Democracy. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables, tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; LNAA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
For most of their history, the U.S. courts of appeals have toiled in obscurity, well out of the limelight of political controversy. But as the number of appeals has increased dramatically, while the number of cases heard by the Supreme Court has remained the same, the courts of appeals have become the court of last resort for the vast majority of litigants. This enhanced status has been recognized by important political actors, and as a result, appointments to the courts of appeals have become more and more contentious since the 1990s. This combination of increasing political salience and increasing political ... Read more
For most of their history, the U.S. courts of appeals have toiled in obscurity, well out of the limelight of political controversy. But as the number of appeals has increased dramatically, while the number of cases heard by the Supreme Court has remained the same, the courts of appeals have become the court of last resort for the vast majority of litigants. This enhanced status has been recognized by important political actors, and as a result, appointments to the courts of appeals have become more and more contentious since the 1990s. This combination of increasing political salience and increasing political ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
Series
Constitutionalism and Democracy
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Charlottesville, United States
ISBN
9780813935997
SKU
V9780813935997
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About Bowie, Jennifer Barnes, Songer, Donald R., Szmer, John
Jennifer Barnes Bowie is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Richmond, USA. Donald R. Songer, Professor of Political Science at the University of South Carolina, USA is author of The Transformation of the Supreme Court of Canada: An Empirical Examination. John Szmer is Assistant Professor of Political Science and Public Administration at the University of ... Read more
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