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001 2005017853
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005 20051208103307.0
008 050620s2005 enk b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2005017853
020 $a9780195171723 (alk. paper)
020 $a0195171721 (alk. paper)
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050 00 $aKF8700$b.J83 2005
082 00 $a347.73$222
245 04 $aThe judicial branch /$cKermit L. Hall, Kevin T. McGuire, editors.
260 $aOxford [England] ;$aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$cc2005.
300 $axxviii, 579 p. ;$c23 cm.
440 0 $aInstitutions of American democracy series
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aThe historical foundations of the American judiciary / William E. Nelson -- Judges and democracy : the changing role of the United States Supreme Court / Cass R. Sunstein -- Judicial independence and the majoritarian difficulty / Kermit L. Hall -- The judiciary and the separation of powers / Richard A. Brisbin, Jr. -- Judicial review and interpretation : have the courts become sovereign when interpreting the constitution? / Keith E. Whittington -- Paths to the Bench : selecting Supreme Court justices in a "juristocratic" world / Joel B. Grossman -- Is judicial federalism essential to democracy? : state courts in the federal system / Paul Brace and Melinda Gann Hall -- American courts and democracy : a comparative perspective / Donald P. Kommers -- Courts in American popular culture / Lynn Mather -- What Americans know about the courts and why it matters / Gregory A. Caldeira and Kevin T. McGuire -- The impact of courts on American life / Gerald N. Rosenberg -- Judicial activism and American democracy / Doris Marie Provine -- Courts and the rights revolution / Charles R. Epp -- Discrimination through direct democracy : the role of the judiciary in the pursuit of equality / Sue Davis -- From republic to democracy : the judiciary and the political process / Mark A. Graber -- Courts and the definition of defendants' rights / David A. Yalof -- Public education, democratic life, and the American courts / Douglas S. Reed -- Property rights and democracy in the American constitutional order / James W. Ely, Jr. -- The future of the judicial branch : courts and democracy in the twenty-first century / Lawrence Baum.
650 0 $aCourts$zUnited States.
650 0 $aJudicial power$zUnited States.
650 0 $aJudges$zUnited States.
650 0 $aDemocracy$zUnited States.
700 1 $aHall, Kermit.
700 1 $aMcGuire, Kevin T.
856 41 $3Table of contents$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0515/2005017853.html