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Title The politics of judicial independence : courts, politics, and the public / edited by Bruce Peabody.

Imprint Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2011.

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 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  347.7314 P759 2011    ---  Available
Description viii, 334 p. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The choreography of courts-Congress conflicts / Charles Geyh -- Congress and judicial supremacy / Neal Devins -- Presidential manipulations of judicial power / Stephen M. Engel -- Institutional interdependence and the separation of powers / J. Mitchell Pickerill -- The public and judicial independence / Tom S. Clark -- Judicial elections and public perception of the courts / Matthew J. Streb -- Conflicts with courts in common law nations / Jason Pierce -- The siege on the Israeli Supreme Court / Maya Sabatello -- Self-regulation and an independent judiciary / Scott E. Gant -- Judicial credibility / Louis Fisher.
Subject Judges -- United States.
Judicial independence -- United States.
Judicial process -- United States.
Judicial power -- United States.
Added Author Peabody, Bruce Garen, 1969-
ISBN 9780801897726 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0801897726 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780801897719 (hardcover : alk. paper)
0801897718 (hardcover : alk. paper)

 
    
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