Banks, Christopher P.

Courts and judicial policymaking / Christopher P. Banks, David M. O'Brien. - Upper Saddle River, N.J : Pearson/Prentice Hall, c2008. - viii, 376 page : ill ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Legal systems and sources of law -- The politics of law and jurisprudence -- Judicial organization, structure, and administration -- Judicial recruitment, retention, and removal -- The practice of law -- Access to courts -- The adversarial proces and criminal procedure -- Civil litigation -- Judicial decision-making and behavior -- The scope and limits of judicial power.

0131443496 (pbk.) 9780131443495 (pbk.)

2006032299


Courts--United States.
Judicial process--United States.
Justice, Administration of--United States.

KF8700 / .B36 2008

347.73/1