Judges and their audiences : a perspective on judicial behavior

Judges and their audiences a perspective on judicial behavior

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 t...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Baum, Lawrence (-)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press c2006.
Edición:Course Book
Materias:
Judges > United States.
Judicial process > United States.
Law > Psychological aspects.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426434006719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • 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

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