Puzzle of Judicial Behavior

Name: Puzzle of Judicial Behavior
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ISBN: 9780472083350

ISBN-10: 047208335X

ISBN-13: 9780472083350

Edition: 1997

Authors: Lawrence Baum

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From local trial courts to the United States Supreme Court, judges' decisions affect the fates of individual litigants and the fate of the nation as a whole. Scholars have long discussed and debated explanations of judicial behavior. This book examines the major issues in the debates over how best to understand judicial behavior and assesses what we actually know about how judges decide cases. It concludes that we are far from understanding why judges choose the positions they take in court. Lawrence Baum considers three issues in examining judicial behavior. First, the author considers the balance between the judges' interest in the outcome of particular cases and their interest in…

Book details

List price: $30.95
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Publication date: 11/13/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 232
Size: 55.00" wide x 9.25" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English



Preface


Acknowledgments



General Perspectives



Legal Policy and Other Goals



Law and Policy



Strategic Behavior



Looking to the Future


References


Name Index


Subject and Case Index