Politics And The Bench

Author : W. J. Jones
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000207838
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politics and the Bench written by W. J. Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although there have been many studies of the English revolution and its more dramatic trials, until this book was published in 1971, little attention had been paid to the Long Parliament’s attempts to impeach a number of judges. This book describes how the judges became unpopular, selecting a number of themes – from the development of unanimous decision and opinions, to the role of the judges as agents and supervisors of government policies. The Long Parliament viewed them as the great instrument behind evil policies and believed they had attempted to usurp the power of legislation. Charles I is seen as placing too much reliance on his judges and his failure to realize that legality could not be a perpetual answer to political dissent in the end cost him his throne. The book is intended as an introduction for undergraduates.

Author : W. J. Jones
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000207757
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Politics and the Bench written by W. J. Jones and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although there have been many studies of the English revolution and its more dramatic trials, until this book was published in 1971, little attention had been paid to the Long Parliament’s attempts to impeach a number of judges. This book describes how the judges became unpopular, selecting a number of themes – from the development of unanimous decision and opinions, to the role of the judges as agents and supervisors of government policies. The Long Parliament viewed them as the great instrument behind evil policies and believed they had attempted to usurp the power of legislation. Charles I is seen as placing too much reliance on his judges and his failure to realize that legality could not be a perpetual answer to political dissent in the end cost him his throne. The book is intended as an introduction for undergraduates.

Author : Richard Abernathy Watson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 424 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of the Bench and the Bar written by Richard Abernathy Watson and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 1969 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an intensive empirical examination of the Nonpartisan Court Plan first adopted in Missouri in 1940.

Author : Amy Steigerwalt
Publisher : University of Virginia Press
ISBN 13 : 0813929989
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Battle over the Bench written by Amy Steigerwalt and published by University of Virginia Press. This book was released on 2010-08-16 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Who gets seated on the lower federal courts and why? Why are some nominees confirmed easily while others travel a long, hard road to confirmation? What role do senators and interest groups play in determining who will become a federal judge? The lower federal courts have increasingly become the final arbiters of the important political and social issues of the day. As a result, who gets seated on the bench has become a major political issue. In Battle over the Bench, Amy Steigerwalt argues that the key to understanding the dynamics of the lower court confirmation process is to examine the process itself. She offers a new analytic framework for understanding when nominations become contested, and shows when and how key actors can influence the fate of nominations and ultimately determine who will become a federal judge. Given the increasing salience of lower court decisions, it is not surprising that interest groups and partisan agendas play an important role. Steigerwalt inventories the means by which senators push through or block nominations, and why interest groups decide to support or oppose certain nominations. The politics of judicial confirmations do not end there, however. Steigerwalt also reveals how many nominees are blocked for private political reasons that have nothing to do with ideology, while senators may use their support for or opposition to nominees as bargaining chips to garner votes for their positions on unrelated issues. Battle over the Bench showcases the complex and, at times, hidden motivations driving the staffing of the federal bench.

Author : Keith J. Bybee
Publisher : Stanford Law & Politics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bench Press written by Keith J. Bybee and published by Stanford Law & Politics. This book was released on 2007 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bench Press is a first-of-its-kind collection of essays written by legal scholars, sitting judges, and working journalists assessing the state of judicial independence in the United States.

Author : Richard A. Watson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 393 pages
Book Rating : 4.16/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Politics of the Bench and the Bar written by Richard A. Watson and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John R. Lott, Jr.
Publisher : Hillcrest Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 1626522499
Total Pages : 355 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dumbing Down the Courts written by John R. Lott, Jr. and published by Hillcrest Publishing Group. This book was released on 2013-09-17 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Judges have enormous power. They determine whom we can marry, whether we can own firearms, whether the government can mandate that we buy certain products, and how we define "personhood." But who gets to occupy these powerful positions? Up until now, there has been little systematic study of what type of judges get confirmed. In his rigorous yet readable style, John Lott analyzes both historical accounts and large amounts of data to see how the confirmation process has changed over time. Most importantly, Dumbing Down the Courts shows that intelligence has now become a liability for judicial nominees. With courts taking on an ever greater role in our lives, smarter judges are feared by the opposition. Although presidents want brilliant judges who support their positions, senators of the opposing party increasingly "Bork" those nominees who would be the most influential judges, subjecting them to humiliating and long confirmations. The conclusion? The brightest nominees will not end

Author : Emmett Macfarlane
Publisher : UBC Press
ISBN 13 : 077482350X
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Governing from the Bench written by Emmett Macfarlane and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2013 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Governing from the Bench, Emmett Macfarlane draws on interviews with current and former justices, law clerks, and other staff members of the court to shed light on the institution’s internal environment and decision-making processes. He explores the complex role of the Supreme Court as an institution; exposes the rules, conventions, and norms that shape and constrain its justices’ behavior; and situates the court in its broader governmental and societal context, as it relates to the elected branches of government, the media, and the public.

Author : Mark W. Cannon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780783761435
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Views from the Bench written by Mark W. Cannon and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This anthology presents the views of members of the U.S. Supreme Court and leading federal and state judges on the judicial process, the function of judges, and the role of courts in American society.

Author : Sanderia Faye
Publisher : University of Arkansas Press
ISBN 13 : 1557286787
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mourner's Bench written by Sanderia Faye and published by University of Arkansas Press. This book was released on 2015-09-01 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the First Baptist Church of Maeby, Arkansas, the sins of the child belonged to the parents until the child turned thirteen. Sarah Jones was only eight years old in the summer of 1964, but with her mother Esther Mae on eight prayer lists and flipping around town with the generally mistrusted civil rights organizers, Sarah believed it was time to get baptized and take responsibility for her own sins. That would mean sitting on the mourner’s bench come revival, waiting for her sign, and then testifying in front of the whole church. But first, Sarah would need to navigate the growing tensions of small-town Arkansas in the 1960s. Both smarter and more serious than her years (a “fifty-year-old mind in an eight-year-old body,” according to Esther), Sarah was torn between the traditions, religion, and work ethic of her community and the progressive civil rights and feminist politics of her mother, who had recently returned from art school in Chicago. When organizers from the Student Non-Violent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) came to town just as the revival was beginning, Sarah couldn’t help but be caught up in the turmoil. Most folks just wanted to keep the peace, and Reverend Jefferson called the SNCC organizers “the evil among us.” But her mother, along with local civil rights activist Carrie Dilworth, the SNCC organizers, Daisy Bates, attorney John Walker, and indeed most of the country, seemed determined to push Maeby toward integration. With characters as vibrant and evocative as their setting, Mourner’s Bench is the story of a young girl coming to terms with religion, racism, and feminism while also navigating the terrain of early adolescence and trying to settle into her place in her family and community.