The judicial tug of war how lawyers, politicians, and ideological incentives shape the American judiciary
Why have conservatives decried 'activist judges'? And why have liberals - and America's powerful legal establishment - emphasized qualifications and experience over ideology? This transformative text tackles these questions with a new framework for thinking about the nation's cou...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2021
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| Series: | Political economy of institutions and decisions
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| Collection: | Cambridge Books Online - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The tug of war over the American judiciary
- The "American Aristocracy"
- The Bar, self-regulation, and judicial capture
- Politicians, their interests, and the judicial tug of war
- Political incentives and politicization in the Federal Courts
- Politicization in the States and across judicial selection mechanisms
- The politics of judicial reform
- The tug of war, polarization, and judicial conflict
- The relationship between the tug of war and polarization
- Conclusion: American courts in times of increasing polarization