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| Introduction: The Law and The Courts | |
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| The Nature of Law | |
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| Common Law and Statutory Law | |
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| Some Additional Legal Definitions and Concepts | |
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| Staffing the Courts | |
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| Selection | |
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| Tenure of Office | |
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| Qualifications and Motivations: The United States | |
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| "Packing the Court" and the Nominees' "Real" Politics | |
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| On the Role of the United States Senate | |
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| Qualifications and Experience: The Special Cases of England and France | |
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| Courts, Courtrooms, and Juries | |
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| Types of Courts: Trial and Appellate | |
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| Courtroom Procedure: General | |
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| Vox Dei or Vox Populi in Action: The Juries | |
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| Selection and Impaneling of Juries | |
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| From Offense to Trial: A Procedural Note | |
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| Courts at Home: I--The Lesser Tribunals | |
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| A Dual System of Courts | |
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| The State Courts | |
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| The Federal Courts | |
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| Courts at Home: II--The Supreme Court | |
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| At the Zenith: The U.S. Supreme Court | |
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| The U.S. Supreme Court at Work | |
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| Behind Closed Doors | |
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| Outside Influences on Court Personnel | |
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| Courts Abroad | |
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| The Courts of England and Wales | |
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| The Courts of France | |
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| Judicial Review: I--The Supreme Power | |
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| Defining Judicial Review | |
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| Judicial Review Board | |
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| Judicial Review at Home | |
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| Judicial Review: II--Controversy and Limitations | |
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| Judicial Review in a Democratic State: Saint or Sinner? | |
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| Drawing the Line--Or Attempting to Do So | |
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| Judges Limited: The Taught Tradition of the Law | |
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| Other Limitations on Judicial Power and Effectiveness | |
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| Machtkampf: The Supreme Court in the Political Power | |
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| Coda: A Realistic Bulwark | |
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| The Sixteen Great Maxims of Judicial Self-Restraint | |
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| The Bulwark | |
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| Appendixes | |
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| Members of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
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| Table of Succession of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
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| Bibliographical | |
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| Note Index | |