| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 231 pages) |
| Contents |
List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; CHAPTER 1 Thinking about Judicial Behavior; CHAPTER 2 Judging as Self-Presentation; CHAPTER 3 Court Colleagues, the Public, and the Other Branches of Government; CHAPTER 4 Social and Professional Groups; CHAPTER 5 Policy Groups, the News Media, and the Greenhouse Effect; CHAPTER 6 Implications for the Study of Judicial Behavior; References; Name Index; Subject and Case Index |
| Summary |
What motivates judges as decision makers? Political scientist Lawrence Baum offers a new perspective on this crucial question, a perspective based on judges' interest in the approval of audiences important to them. The conventional scholarly wisdom holds that judges on higher courts seek only to make good law, good policy, or both. In these theories, judges are influenced by other people only in limited ways, in consequence of their legal and policy goals. In contrast, Baum argues that the influence of judges' audiences is pervasive. This influence derives from judges' interest in popularity an |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-219) and indexes |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Judges -- United States.
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Judicial process -- United States
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Law -- Psychological aspects.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch.
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LAW -- Legal Services.
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LAW -- Civil Procedure.
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LAW -- Jurisprudence.
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Judges
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Judicial process
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Law -- Psychological aspects
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United States
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781400827541 |
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140082754X |
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1282086855 |
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9781282086852 |
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