Table of Contents

Tables and Figures:
Acknowledgments:
Contributors:
1. Introduction: The Study of Judicial Politics, Mark C. Miller
2. Differences in State Judicial Selection, Aman L. McLeod
3. In Their Own Interest: Pressure Groups in the Federal Judicial Selection Process, Lauren Cohen Bell
4. Bringing the Lawyers Back In, Lynn Mather
5. The Politics of Jury Reform, Robert G. Boatright
6. State Trial Courts: Achieving Justice in Civil Litigation, Nicole L. Waters, Shauna M. Strickland, and Brian J. Ostrom
7. U.S. District Courts, Litigation, and the Policy-Making Process, Jeb Barnes
8. State Supreme Courts as Policymakers: Are They Loved?, Laura Langer and Teena Wilhelm
9. Appellate Workhorses of the Federal Judiciary: The U.S. Courts of Appeals, Wendy L. Martinek
10. The Solicitor General: Learned in the Law and Politics, Peter N. Ubertaccio III
11. Sorcerers' Apprentices: U.S. Supreme Court Law Clerks, Artemus Ward
12. The Emergence and Evolution of Supreme Court Policy, Richard L. Pacelle, Jr.
13. A Court of Laws or a Super Legislature?: An Integrated Model of Supreme Court Decision Making, Bryan W. Marshall, Richard L. Pacelle, Jr., and Christine Ludowise
14. Is There Really a Countermajoritarian Problem?, Michael Comiskey
15. Resistance to the Judiciary: The Boundaries of Judicial Power, Richard A. Brisbin, Jr.
16. The Supreme Court and Race, Barbara A. Perry
17. Women and the Law, Judith A. Baer
18. The Federal Courts and Terrorism, Louis Fisher
19. The Interactions Between the Federal Courts and the Other Branches, Mark C. Miller
20. Comparative Judicial Studies, Nancy Maveety
Bibliography
The Papers of the Justices:
Table of Cases:
Index

About the Author

Mark C. Miller is Associate Professor of Government and Director of the Law & Society Program at Clark University.