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| Preface | |
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| The American Constitutional System and the Role of the Supreme Court in the American Polity | |
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| The place of judicial review in the American tradition: the emergence of an eclectic power | |
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| Judicial review: the usurpation and democracy questions | |
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| Interpreting the Constitution: the case for judicial restraint | |
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| Interpreting the Constitution: the Supreme Court's proper and historic function | |
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| Defining the dimensions of judicial activism | |
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| Actors in the Judicial Process: Judges: Judicial Selection Systems and Their Consequences | |
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| Judicial selection in the United States: a special report | |
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| What twenty years of judicial retention elections have told us | |
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| The defeat of the California justices: the campaign, the electorate, and the issue of judicial accountability | |
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| The electoral fates of incumbent judges in the Ohio Court of Common Pleas | |
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| Panel Discussion: The federal judiciary: what role politics? | |
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| The Bush imprint on the judiciary: carrying on a tradition | |
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| "A bench happily filled:" some historical reflections on the Supreme Court appointment process | |
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| The impeachment process: modernizing an archaic system | |
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| Magistrates and Clerks | |
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| Who are the U.S. magistrates? | |
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| Law clerks: Their roles and relationships with their judges | |
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| Lawyers and Legal Practices | |
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| Truth, justice, and the client's interest: can the lawyer serve all three? | |
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| The legal profession: a critical evaluation | |
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| Ensuring lawyer competency: the South Carolina approach | |
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| Legal services before the Supreme Court | |
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| Litigants and interest groups | |
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| Civil rights litigation by organizations: constraints and choices | |
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| Beyond legislative lobbying: women's rights groups and the Supreme Court | |
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| Friendly fire: amici curiae and Webster v. Reproductive Health Services | |
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| The amicus curiae role of the U.S. solicitor general in Supreme Court litigation | |
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| The ABA Standing Committee on Federal Judiciary: a contemporary assessment | |
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| Juries | |
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| . . . And then there were six: the decline of the American jury | |
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| Juror characteristics: to what extent are they related to jury verdicts? | |
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| Scientific jury selection: what social scientists know and do not know | |
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| Helping juries handle complex cases | |
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| The American Judiciary and the Politics of Representation | |
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| The Voting Rights Act and judicial elections litigation: the plaintiffs' perspective | |
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| The Voting Rights Act and judicial elections litigation: the defendants states' perspective | |
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| Should there be affirmative action for the judiciary? | |
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| Judicial recruitment and racial diversity on state courts: an overview | |
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| Panel Discussion: Different voices, different choices? The impact of more women lawyers and judges on the justice system | |
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| The paths to the federal bench: gender, race, and judicial recruitment variation | |
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| Trial Courts: Civil and Criminal Justice Processes | |
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| Speeding up civil justice | |
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| Measuring the pace of civil litigation in federal and state trial courts | |
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| Panel Discussion: Critical issues in the courtroom: exploring a hypothetical case | |
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| Race and crime: what evidence is there that race influences results in the criminal justice system? | |
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| Judicial supervision of the guilty plea process: a study of six jurisdictions | |
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| The problem of prejudice: a new approach to assessing the impact of courtroom cameras | |
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| Appellate Court Processes: Access and Docketing Decisions | |
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| Deciding what to decide: how the Supreme Court sets its agenda | |
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| Some thoughts on judicial restraint | |
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| Some thoughts on the Supreme Court's workload | |
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| Caseload, conflicts, and decisional capacity: does the Supreme Court need help? | |
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| Improving the process: case selection by the Supreme Court | |
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| Internal Court Processes and Decisions on the Merits | |
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| The functions and importance of appellate oral argument: some views of lawyers and federal judges | |
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| Social leadership, humor, and Supreme Court decision making | |
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| Revisiting the freshman effect hypothesis: the first two terms of Justice Anthony Kennedy | |
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| Decisional trends on the Warren and Burger Courts: results from the Supreme Court Data Base Project | |
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| Power on the Court: Chief Justice Rehnquist's opinion assignments | |
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| The spirit of dissent | |
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| The Courts and Their Publics: Public Opinion and the Media | |
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| Public opinion and the Rehnquist Court | |
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| Media coverage of the courts: improving but still not adequate | |
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| The Supreme Court beat: how television covers the U.S. Supreme Court | |
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| Yes, but . . . | |
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| Best kept secrets of the judiciary | |
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| Courts, Congress, and the Presidency | |
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| The Senate's role in judicial appointments | |
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| Supreme Court confirmation hearings: a view from the Senate | |
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| Limiting federal court jurisdiction: the unforeseen impact on courts and Congress | |
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| States and State Courts | |
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| States before the U.S. Supreme Court: state attorneys general as amicus curiae | |
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| States before the U.S. Supreme Court: direct representation in cases involving criminal rights, 1969-1984 | |
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| The new federalism: state constitutions and state courts | |
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| The hidden conservatism of the state court "revolution" | |
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| Burger Court review of state court civil liberties decisions | |
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| Alternative Forms of Dispute Resolution | |
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| Arbitration vs. mediation - explaining the differences | |
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| Civil mediation in Palm Beach: a "retired" Massachusetts judge pioneers a successful new program | |
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| ADR problems and prospects: looking to the future | |
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| Judicial Policy Making in the United States | |
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| Panel Discussion: The federal courts since 1787: stability and change in 200 years | |
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| Arrogation of power or accountability: "judicial imperialism" revisited | |
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| The Contributors | |