Judicial Process

David William Neubauer has taught at the University of Florida, Washington University in St. Louis and most recently at the University of New Orleans. In addition to this best-selling text, he is the author of DEBATING CRIME: RHETORIC AND REALITY and BATTLE SUPREME: THE CONFIRMATION OF CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS AND THE FUTURE OF THE SUPREME COURT, both from Wadsworth. His articles have appeared in a wide array of scholarly journals, including Law and Society Review, Judicature, Policy Studies Journal and Law and Policy Quarterly. Dr. Neubauer's current research interests include nominations to the Supreme Court and religion in public life. Stephen S. Meinhold is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington where he teaches classes on Judicial Politics, Constitutional Law, the Presidency, and Research Methods. Dr. Meinhold recently published the new Wadsworth title BATTLE SUPREME: THE CONFIRMATION OF CHIEF JUSTICE JOHN ROBERTS AND THE FUTURE OF THE SUPREME COURT. Professor Meinhold's current research focuses on college students' use of attorneys, their plans to attend law school, and their attitudes about the legal system. He has published articles in POLITICAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY, SOCIAL SCIENCE QUARTERLY, JUSTICE SYSTEM JOURNAL, and PS: POLITICAL SCIENCE AND POLITICS.

• 1. Law, Courts, and Politics.2. Law and Legal Systems.3. Federal Courts.4. State Courts.5. Lawyers and Legal Representation.6. Judges.7. Mobilizing the Law: Litigants, Interest Groups, Court Cases, and the Media.8. Trial Courts: The Preliminary Stages of Criminal Cases.9. Trial Courts: How Criminal Cases End: Bargaining and Sentencing.10. Trial Courts: How Civil Cases Begin.11. Trial Courts: How Civil Cases End.12. Trials and Juries.13. The Appellate Process.14. The Supreme Court: Deciding What to Decide.15. The Supreme Court: The Justices and Their Decisions.