Judicial Process: Law, Courts, and Politics in the United States

Author:   David Neubauer (University of New Orleans (emeritus)) ,  Stephen Meinhold (University of North Carolina at Wilmington)
Publisher:   Cengage Learning, Inc
Edition:   7th edition
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9781305506527


Pages:   544
Publication Date:   01 January 2016
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   David Neubauer (University of New Orleans (emeritus)) ,  Stephen Meinhold (University of North Carolina at Wilmington)
Publisher:   Cengage Learning, Inc
Imprint:   Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc
Edition:   7th edition
Dimensions:   Width: 19.00cm , Height: 23.40cm , Length: 2.70cm
Weight:   0.952kg
ISBN:  

9781305506527


ISBN 10:   1305506529
Pages:   544
Publication Date:   01 January 2016
Audience:   Adult education ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

1. Law, Courts, and Politics. 2. Law and Legal Systems. 3. Federal Courts. 4. State Courts. 5. Lawyers and Legal Representation. 6. Judges. 7. Mobilizing the Law: Litigants, Interest Groups, Court Cases, and the Media. 8. Trial Courts: The Preliminary Stages of Criminal Cases. 9. Trial Courts: How Criminal Cases End: Bargaining and Sentencing. 10. Trial Courts: How Civil Cases Begin. 11. Trial Courts: How Civil Cases End. 12. Trials and Juries. 13. The Appellate Process. 14. The Supreme Court: Deciding What to Decide. 15. The Supreme Court: The Justices and Their Decisions.

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JUDICIAL PROCESS is an excellent instructional book that accommodates students with various learning styles as they learn about the often unfamiliar 'judicial process' using landmark court decisions, trending legal topics, [and] critical thinking questions to expose the complexities of the process.


JUDICIAL PROCESS is an excellent instructional book that accommodates students with various learning styles as they learn about the often unfamiliar 'judicial process' using landmark court decisions, trending legal topics, [and] critical thinking questions to expose the complexities of the process. JUDICIAL PROCESS provides a good overview of the judicial system from a constitutional basis, then covers the 'players' in the system and their various roles in such a manner that students can understand their interrelationships and importance in the judicial system.


JUDICIAL PROCESS is an excellent instructional book that accommodates students with various learning styles as they learn about the often unfamiliar 'judicial process' using landmark court decisions, trending legal topics, [and] critical thinking questions... to expose the complexities of the process.


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David William Neubauer has taught at the University of Florida, at Washington University in St. Louis, and most recently at the University of New Orleans. In addition to this best-selling text, he is the author of DEBATING CRIME: RHETORIC AND REALITY, and BATTLE SUPREME: THE CONFIRMATION OF CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS AND THE FUTURE OF THE SUPREME COURT, both from Wadsworth. His articles have appeared in a wide array of scholarly journals, including Law and Society Review, Judicature, Policy Studies Journal, and Law and Policy Quarterly. Dr. Neubauer's current research interests include nominations to the Supreme Court and religion in public life. Stephen S. Meinhold is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington where he teaches classes on Judicial Politics, Constitutional Law, the Presidency, and Research Methods. Dr. Meinhold recently published the new Wadsworth title BATTLE SUPREME: THE CONFIRMATION OF CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS AND THE FUTURE OF THE SUPREME COURT. Professor Meinhold's current research focuses on college students' use of attorneys, their plans to attend law school, and their attitudes about the legal system. He has published articles in POLITICAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY, SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY, JUSTICE SYSTEM JOURNAL, and PS: POLITICAL SCIENCE AND POLITICS.

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