Exploring Judicial Politics

<br>Mark C. Miller is Associate Professor of Government and Director of the Law & Society Program at Clark University.<br>

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; TABLES; FIGURES; CHAPTER 1, INTRODUCTION: THE STUDY OF JUDICIAL POLITICS, BY MARK C. MILLER; CHAPTER 2, DIFFERENCES IN STATE JUDICIAL SELECTION, BY AMAN L. MCLEOD; CHAPTER 3, IN THEIR OWN INTEREST: PRESSURE GROUPS IN THE FEDERAL JUDICIAL SELECTION PROCESS, BY LAUREN COHEN BELL; CHAPTER 4, BRINGING THE LAWYERS BACK IN, BY LYNN MATHER; CHAPTER 5, THE POLITICS OF JURY REFORM, BY ROBERT G. BOATRIGHT; CHAPTER 6, STATE COURTS: ACHIEVING JUSTICE IN CIVIL LITIGATION, BY NICOLE L. WATERS, SHAUNA M. STRICKLAND & BRIAN J. OSTROM; CHAPTER 7, U.S. DISTRICT COURTS, LITIGATION, AND THE POLICY MAKING PROCESS, BY JEB BARNES; CHAPTER 8, STATE SUPREME COURTS AS POLICYMAKERS: ARE THEY LOVED?, BY LAURA LANGER AND TEENA WILHELM; CHAPTER 9, APPELLATE WORKHORSES OF THE FEDERAL JUDICIARY: THE U.S. COURTS OF APPEALS, BY WENDY L. MARTINEK; CHAPTER 10, THE SOLICITOR GENERAL: LEARNED IN THE LAW AND POLITICS BY PETER N. UBERTACCIO III; CHAPTER 11, SORCERERS APPRENTICES: U.S. SUPREME COURT LAW CLERKS, BY ARTEMUS WARD; CHAPTER 12, THE EMERGENCE AND EVOLUTION OF SUPREME COURT POLICY, BY RICHARD L. PACELLE, JR; CHAPTER 13, A COURT OF LAWS OR A SUPER LEGISLATURE? AN INTEGRATED MODEL OF SUPREME COURT DECISION MAKING, BY BRYAN W. MARSHALL, RICHARD L. PACELLE, JR., AND CHRISTINE LUDOWISE; CHAPTER 14, IS THERE REALLY A COUNTERMAJORITARIAN PROBLEM?, BY MICHAEL COMISKEY; CHAPTER 15, RESISTANCE TO THE JUDICIARY: THE BOUNDARIES OF JUDICIAL POWER, BY RICHARD A. BRISBIN, JR; CHAPTER 16, THE SUPREME COURT AND RACE, BY BARBARA PERRY; CHAPTER 17, WOMEN AND THE LAW, BY JUDITH A. BAER; CHAPTER 18, THE FEDERAL COURTS AND TERRORISM,; BY LOUIS FISHER; CHAPTER 19, THE INTERACTIONS BETWEEN THE FEDERAL COURTS AND THE OTHER BRANCHES, BY MARK C. MILLER; CHAPTER 20, COMPARATIVE JUDICIAL STUDIES, BY NANCY MAVEETY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; LIST OF CASES; INDEX