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What's Law Got to Do With It?

What Judges Do, Why They Do It, and What's at Stake

By: Charles Geyh

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What's Law Got to Do With It?

What Judges Do, Why They Do It, and What's at Stake

By: Charles Geyh

This volume offers perspectives from political scientists, legal scholars, and practicing judges as they seek to answer the question of how much law actually has to do with judicial behavior and decision-making, and what it means for society at large.

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Stanford University Press

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0804775338

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Independence Corrupted

How America's Judges Make Their Decisions

By: Charles Benjamin Schudson

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Independence Corrupted

How America's Judges Make Their Decisions

By: Charles Benjamin Schudson

With experience as both a trial and appellate judge, Charles Benjamin Schudson knows the burdens on judges. With engaging candor, he takes readers behind the bench to probe judicial minds analyzing actual trials and sentencings—of abortion protesters, murderers, sex predators, white supremacists, and others. He takes us into chambers to hear judges forging appellate decisions about life and death, multimillion-dollar damages, and priceless civil rights. And, most significantly, he exposes the financial, political, personal, and professional pressures that threaten judicial ethics and independence. As political attacks on judges increase, Schudson calls for reforms to protect judicial independence and for vigilance to ensure justice for all. Independence Corrupted is invaluable for students and scholars, lawyers and judges, and all citizens concerned about the future of America's courts.

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University of Wisconsin Press

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0299320308

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Who is to Judge?

The Perennial Debate Over Whether to Elect or Appoint America's Judges

By: Charles Gardner Geyh

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Who is to Judge?

The Perennial Debate Over Whether to Elect or Appoint America's Judges

By: Charles Gardner Geyh

An elected judiciary is virtually unique to the American experience and creates a paradox in a representative democracy. Elected judges take an oath to uphold the law impartially, which calls upon them to swear off the influence of the very constituencies they must cultivate in order to attain and retain judicial office. This paradox has given rise to perennially shrill and unproductive binary arguments over the merits and demerits of elected and appointed judiciaries, which this project seeks to transcend and reimagine. In Who Is to Judge?, judicial politics expert Charles Gardner Geyh exposes and explains the overstatements of both sides in the judicial selection debate. When those exaggerations are understood as such, it becomes possible to search for common ground and its limits. Ultimately, this search leads Geyh to conclude that, while appointive systems are a preferable default, no one system of selection is best for all jurisdictions at all times.

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Oxford University Press

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0190887168

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Judicial Disqualifiation

An Analysis of Federal Law

By: Charles Gardner Geyh

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Judicial Disqualifiation

An Analysis of Federal Law

By: Charles Gardner Geyh

The second edition of this work provides an overview of the history of judicial disqualification. It substantially revises and expands on the first edition, and analyzes the case law, both with a focus on substantive disqualification, and procedural requirements. Featured are updated cases of applicable statutory law, a revised organizational structure and new material. The ethical dimension is governed by Cannon 3C of the Code of Conduct for U.S. Judges. On the other hand, the procedural dimension is governed by four sections in Title 28 of the United States Code (USC/U.S. Code). Related products: U.S. Code series can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/united-states-code Ethics & Code of Conduct collection is available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/ethics-code-conduct More products produced by the Judicial Branch & Federal Courts can be found here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/agency/judicial-branch-federal-courts

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0160946026

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When Courts and Congress Collide

The Struggle for Control of America's Judicial System

By: Charles Gardner Geyh

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When Courts and Congress Collide

The Struggle for Control of America's Judicial System

By: Charles Gardner Geyh

This is quite simply the best study of judicial independence that I have ever read; it is erudite, historically aware, and politically astute." ---Malcolm M. Feeley, Claire Sanders Clements Dean's Professor, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley "Professor Geyh has written a wise and timely book that is informed by the author's broad and deep experience working with the judicial and legislative branches, by the insights of law, history and political science, and by an appreciation of theory and common sense." ---Stephen B. Burbank, David Berger Professor for the Administration of Justice, University of Pennsylvania Law School With Congress threatening to "go nuclear" over judicial appointments, and lawmakers accusing judges of being "arrogant, out of control, and unaccountable," many pundits see a dim future for the autonomy of America's courts. But do we really understand the balance between judicial independence and Congress's desire to limit judicial reach? Charles Geyh's When Courts and Congress Collide is the most sweeping study of this question to date, and an unprecedented analysis of the relationship between Congress and our federal courts. Efforts to check the power of the courts have come and gone throughout American history, from the Jeffersonian Congress's struggle to undo the work of the Federalists, to FDR's campaign to pack the Supreme Court, to the epic Senate battles over the Bork and Thomas nominations. If legislators were solely concerned with curbing the courts, Geyh suggests, they would use direct means, such as impeaching uncooperative judges, gerrymandering their jurisdictions, stripping the bench's oversight powers, or slashing judicial budgets. Yet, while Congress has long been willing to influence judicial decision-making indirectly by blocking the appointments of ideologically unacceptable nominees, it has, with only rare exceptions, resisted employing more direct methods of control. When Courts and Congress Collide is the first work to demonstrate that this balance is governed by a "dynamic equilibrium": a constant give-and-take between Congress's desire to control the judiciary and its respect for historical norms of judicial independence. It is this dynamic equilibrium, Geyh says, rather than what the Supreme Court or the Constitution says about the separation of powers, that defines the limits of the judiciary's independence. When Courts and Congress Collide is a groundbreaking work, requiring all of us to consider whether we are on the verge of radically disrupting our historic balance of governance. Charles Gardner Geyh is Professor of Law and Charles L. Whistler Faculty Fellow at Indiana University at Bloomington. He has served as director of the American Judicature Society's Center for Judicial Independence, reporter to the American Bar Association Commission on Separation of Powers and Judicial Independence, and counsel to the Judiciary Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.

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University of Michigan Press

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0472024566

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Courting Peril

The Political Transformation of the American Judiciary

By: Charles Gardner Geyh

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Courting Peril

The Political Transformation of the American Judiciary

By: Charles Gardner Geyh

The rule of law paradigm has long operated on the premise that independent judges disregard extralegal influences and impartially uphold the law. A political transformation several generations in the making, however, has imperiled this premise. Social science learning, the lessons of which have been widely internalized by court critics and the general public, has shown that judicial decision-making is subject to ideological and other extralegal influences. In recent decades, challenges to the assumptions underlying the rule of law paradigm have proliferated across a growing array of venues, as critics agitate for greater political control of judges and courts. With the future of the rule of law paradigm in jeopardy, this book proposes a new way of looking at how the role of the American judiciary should be conceptualized and regulated. This new, "legal culture paradigm" defends the need for an independent judiciary that is acculturated to take law seriously but is subject to political and other extralegal influences. The book argues that these extralegal influences cannot be eliminated but can be managed, by balancing the needs for judicial independence and accountability across competing perspectives, to the end of enabling judges to follow the "law" (less rigidly conceived), respect established legal process, and administer justice.

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Oxford University Press

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019060235X

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Courting Peril

The Political Transformation of the American Judiciary

By: Charles Gardner Geyh

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Courting Peril

The Political Transformation of the American Judiciary

By: Charles Gardner Geyh

In recent decades, the American judiciary has undergone a political transformation that jeopardizes the rule of law paradigm that the courts have embraced for centuries. Courting Peril describes that transformation, explores its implications, and proposes a new way of thinking about the courts and their oversight.

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0190233494

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Congress A to Z

By: Charles McCutcheon,Chuck McCutcheon

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Congress A to Z

By: Charles McCutcheon,Chuck McCutcheon

Congress A to Z provides ready-reference insight into the national legislature, its organization, processes, major legislation, and history. No other volume so clearly and concisely explains every key aspect of the national legislature. The Seventh Edition of this classic, easy-to-use reference is updated with new entries covering the dramatic congressional events of recent years, including a demographically younger Congress, the urban-rural divide, and climate change. Each of the more than 250 entries, arranged in encyclopedic A-to-Z format, provides insight into the key questions readers have about the U.S. Congress and helps them make sense of the continued division between Republicans and Democrats, the methods members use to advance their agendas, the influence of lobby groups, the role of committees and strong-willed leaders, and much more. Key Features: Available in both electronic and print formats Quick answers to questions as well as in-depth background on the U.S. Congress Detailed tables and index Entries now include cross-references and lists of further readings to help readers continue the research journey

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CQ Press

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1071846744

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The Archaeology of Mainland Southeast Asia

From 10,000 B.C. to the Fall of Angkor

By: Charles Higham

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The Archaeology of Mainland Southeast Asia

From 10,000 B.C. to the Fall of Angkor

By: Charles Higham

This important new synthesis focuses on the social world of early mainland Southeast Asia.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521275253

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Election Law in the American Political System

By: James A. Gardner,Guy-Uriel Charles

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Election Law in the American Political System

By: James A. Gardner,Guy-Uriel Charles

The third edition of Election Law in the American Political System pivots to place front and center the profound challenges to American democracy posed by the emergence of a political environment in which repeated, partisan attempts to undermine longstanding democratic processes have become a new norm of political contestation. Like prior editions, it offers an easy to teach, student-friendly, intellectually rich casebook with comprehensive coverage of the legal rules and doctrines that shape democratic participation in the 21st century American political system. New to the Third Edition: Addresses the perils currently facing American democracy including democratic backsliding, authoritarianism, and election denialism Contextualizes the problem of democratic backsliding as a global phenomenon Provides important intellectual framework and scaffolding by explaining the joint pathologies of illiberalism and populism and how they affect American democracy Updated caselaw with partisan gerrymandering: Rucho v. Common Cause; the Voting Rights Act: Brnovich v. Democratic National Committee; racial gerrymandering: Cooper v. Harris; and political speech: Minnesota Voters Alliance v. Mansky Professors and students will benefit from: Organization that tracks the lifecycle of the democratic process from distribution of the franchise to processes and relationships of representation and through parties, candidate selection, campaign speech and spending, to electoral administration. Multidisciplinary coverage of theories of voting behavior, alternative electoral systems, evolution of judicial review of democratic processes, and developments concerning the advent of “fake news” in election campaigns. Comprehensive coverage of developments in partisan gerrymandering, the Voting Rights Act, judicial campaigning, campaign finance, and electoral administration. A focus on the current problems facing American democracy. A rich set of theoretical materials to help facilitate teaching and engagement of doctrine Well-organized and self-contained units that allow professors to cover topics in the depth and breadth they prefer. Clear, concise, and informative notes to help focus student attention on the issues that are relevant.

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1543826830

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The Federal Courts

An Essential History

By: Peter Charles Hoffer,Williamjames Hoffer,N. E. H. Hull

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The Federal Courts

An Essential History

By: Peter Charles Hoffer,Williamjames Hoffer,N. E. H. Hull

There are moments in American history when all eyes are focused on a federal court: when its bench speaks for millions of Americans, and when its decision changes the course of history. More often, the story of the federal judiciary is simply a tale of hard work: of finding order in the chaotic system of state and federal law, local custom, and contentious lawyering. The Federal Courts is a story of all of these courts and the judges and justices who served on them, of the case law they made, and of the acts of Congress and the administrative organs that shaped the courts. But, even more importantly, this is a story of the courts' development and their vital part in America's history. Peter Charles Hoffer, Williamjames Hull Hoffer, and N. E. H. Hull's retelling of that history is framed the three key features that shape the federal courts' narrative: the separation of powers; the federal system, in which both the national and state governments are sovereign; and the widest circle: the democratic-republican framework of American self-government. The federal judiciary is not elective and its principal judges serve during good behavior rather than at the pleasure of Congress, the President, or the electorate. But the independence that lifetime tenure theoretically confers did not and does not isolate the judiciary from political currents, partisan quarrels, and public opinion. Many vital political issues came to the federal courts, and the courts' decisions in turn shaped American politics. The federal courts, while the least democratic branch in theory, have proved in some ways and at various times to be the most democratic: open to ordinary people seeking redress, for example. Litigation in the federal courts reflects the changing aspirations and values of America's many peoples. The Federal Courts is an essential account of the branch that provides what Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Judge Oliver Wendell Homes Jr. called "a magic mirror, wherein we see reflected our own lives.

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Oxford University Press

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0199387907

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Piercing the Fog of 9/11

By: Charles Giuliani

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Piercing the Fog of 9/11

By: Charles Giuliani

We have been told that we were attacked by 19 Muslim fanatics on 9/11. This story works well for those who don't look carefully at it. But upon close inspection, this whole account crumbles to dust faster than the Twin Towers did. Find out the shocking truth about who really perpetrated this terrible crime, and why.

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When Courts and Congress Collide

The Struggle for Control of America's Judicial System

By: Charles Gardner Geyh

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The Struggle for Control of America's Judicial System

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Who is to Judge?

The Perennial Debate Over Whether to Elect or Appoint America's Judges

By: Charles Gardner Geyh

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The Perennial Debate Over Whether to Elect or Appoint America's Judges

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Physical Geology

Earth Revealed

By: David McGeary,Charles C. Plummer

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Physical Geology

Earth Revealed

By: David McGeary,Charles C. Plummer

Coverage of plate tectonics is moved to the beginning of the book. The text is also used as the official Annenberg CPB distributed telecourse for physical geology.The beautiful new art program and interactive writing style will grab students' attention and further their interest in the subject.

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Judicial Disqualifiation

An Analysis of Federal Law

By: Charles Gardner Geyh

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An Analysis of Federal Law

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What's Law Got to Do With It?

What's Law Got to Do With It?

Independence Corrupted

Independence Corrupted

Who is to Judge?

Who is to Judge?

Judicial Disqualifiation

Judicial Disqualifiation

When Courts and Congress Collide

When Courts and Congress Collide

Courting Peril

Courting Peril

Courting Peril

Courting Peril

Congress A to Z

Congress A to Z

The Archaeology of Mainland Southeast Asia

The Archaeology of Mainland Southeast Asia

Election Law in the American Political System

Election Law in the American Political System

The Federal Courts

The Federal Courts

Piercing the Fog of 9/11

Piercing the Fog of 9/11

When Courts and Congress Collide

When Courts and Congress Collide

Who is to Judge?

Who is to Judge?

Physical Geology

Physical Geology

Judicial Disqualifiation

Judicial Disqualifiation

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