Overview

The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Judicial Behavior offers readers a comprehensive introduction and analysis of research regarding decision making by judges serving on federal and state courts in the U.S. Featuring contributions from leading scholars in the field, the Handbook describes and explains how the courts' political and social context, formal institutional structures, and informal norms affect judicial decision making. The Handbook also explores the impact of judges' personal attributes and preferences, as well as prevailing legal doctrine, influence, and shape case outcomes in state and federal courts. The volume also proposes avenues for future research in the various topics addressed throughout the book.

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Author:   Lee Epstein ,  Stefanie A. Lindquist
Publisher:   Oxford University Press
Imprint:   Oxford University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 18.10cm , Height: 3.90cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   1.254kg
ISBN:  

9780199579891

ISBN 10:   019957989
Pages:   624
Publication Date:   08 June 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Part I: Staffing the Court 1: Nancy Scherer: Appointing Federal Judges 2: Christine L. Nemacheck: Appointing Supreme Court Justices 3: James L. Gibson and Michael J. Nelson: Judicial Elections: Judges and Their 'New-Style' Constituencies 4: Albert Yoon: Federal Judicial Tenure 5: Artemus Ward: Law Clerks Part II: The Litigation Process and Appellate Review 6: Christina L. Boyd: Gatekeeping and Filtering in Trial Courts 7: Donald R. Songer and Susan B. Haire: Access to Intermediate Appellate Courts 8: Ryan J. Owens and James Sieja: Agenda-Setting on the United States Supreme Court 9: Timothy R. Johnson: Courtroom Proceedings in U.S. Federal Courts Part III: Judicial Decision-Making and Opinion Content 10: Pamela C. Corley: Opinion Writing 11: Thomas G. Hansford: Vertical Stare Decisis 12: David Klein: Law in Judicial Decision Making 13: Chad L. Westerland: The Strategic Analysis of Judicial Behavior and the Separation of Powers 14: Tom Clark: Judicial Review 15: Tracey E. George and Taylor Grace Weaver: The Role of Personal Attributes and Social Backgrounds on Judging 16: Justine D'Elia-Kueper and Jeffrey A. Segal: Ideology and Partisanship 17: Lee Epstein and Jack Knight: The Economic Analysis of Judicial Behavior Part IV: Judges and their Publics 18: Lawrence Baum: Judges and Their Audiences 19: Jared Perkins and Paul M. Collins, Jr.: Interest Groups and the Judiciary 20: Thomas M. Keck: The Relationship between Courts and Legislatures 21: Jeffrey L. Yates and Scott Boddery: Courts and Executives 22: Rorie Solberg: Covering the Courts 23: Joseph Daniel Ura and Alison Higgins: The Supreme Court and Public Opinion 24: Matthew E.K. Hall: Judicial Impact Part V: Methods and Approaches to Studying the Courts 25: Eileen Braman: Cognition in the Courts: Analyzing the Use of Experiments to Study Legal Decision-Making 26: Daniel E. Ho and Michael Morse: New Measurement Technologies: A Review and Application to Nuremberg and Justice Jackson 27: Sara C. Benesh: The Use of Observational Data to Study Law and the Judiciary

Reviews

Life moves pretty fast and keeping up with all that goes on in a field as exciting as judicial politics is difficult. Epstein and Lindquist have assembled an all-star team of leading researchers, who have produced accessible essays that both inform readers about the topic and offer innovative ideas for future research. This volume provides a tremendous service to both scholars and students in the discipline and should be read by anyone with even a passing interest in judicial behavior. Ryan C. Black, Associate Professor of Political Science, Michigan State University

Author Information

Lee Epstein is the Ethan A.H. Shepley Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. She is also a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. Professor Epstein's research and teaching centres on law and legal institutions, especially the behaviour of judges. She has received 12 grants from the National Science Foundation and is the author or co-author of over 100 articles and essays and 17 books, most recently, The Behavior of Federal Judges (with William M. Landes and Richard A. Posner) and An Introduction to Empirical Legal Research (with Andrew D. Martin). The New York Times and other news media frequently cite her work on the U.S. Supreme Court. Stefanie A. Lindquist serves as Deputy Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, and Foundation Professor of Law and Political Science, at Arizona State University. Her research and teaching falls at the intersection of law and politics. Her previous publications include Measuring Judicial Activism (with Frank Cross, 2009).

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