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The Political Role of Law Courts in Modern Democracies
. Ed(S): Waltman, J.; Holland, Kenneth M.
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Hardback. Editor(s): Waltman, J.; Holland, Kenneth M. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JP; LB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 465.
No society can function without judicial institutions. At a minimum, conflict must be regulated and the criminal law enforced. Ironically, though, modern political science has tended to ignore the role of courts in advanced industrial societies, so much so that even basic information has often been unavailable. This book covers three important bases. First, it provides, for the first time, up-to-date material about the court systems - their structures, their personnel, their jurisdictions - of the major democratic nations. Second, it places the courts in their political context, eschewing legalism and stressing their linkages with other institutions and their role ... Read more
No society can function without judicial institutions. At a minimum, conflict must be regulated and the criminal law enforced. Ironically, though, modern political science has tended to ignore the role of courts in advanced industrial societies, so much so that even basic information has often been unavailable. This book covers three important bases. First, it provides, for the first time, up-to-date material about the court systems - their structures, their personnel, their jurisdictions - of the major democratic nations. Second, it places the courts in their political context, eschewing legalism and stressing their linkages with other institutions and their role ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
Number of Pages
237
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780333394052
SKU
V9780333394052
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About . Ed(S): Waltman, J.; Holland, Kenneth M.
JEROLD L. WALTMAN is Professor of Political Science at the University of Southern Mississippi. He is editor (with Donley T. Studlar) of Dilemmas of Change in British Politics and author of The Political Origins of the US Income Tax and Copying Other Nations' Policies KENNETH M. HOLLAND is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Vermont. He ... Read more
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