Courts, Judges, and Politics - Softcover

Murphy, Walter F; Epstein, Lee; Pritchett, C. Herman; Murphy, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070441677 ISBN 13: 9780070441675

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages, 2001

Synopsis

This classic reader has been a best selling component to the Judicial Process/Judicial Politics/American Legal System course for years. Now thoroughly updated while retaining the features that made it attractive for so long: organization, structure, coverage, narrative, choice of excerpts, and flexibility in use, Lee Epstein and Walter Murphy continue the tradition of this book.

About this title

About the Author:

Walter F. Murphy is the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence, Emeritus at Princeton University. Murphy was one of the creators of Courts, Judges, & Politics in 1961. His other books include Congress and the Court (1962), Elements of Judicial Strategy (1964); The Vicar of Christ (1979), and American Constitutional Interpretation (with James E. Fleming and Sotirios A. Barber, 2d ed. 1995). A former Commissioner of Civil Rights in New Jersey, Murphy served for 13 years as a member of that state's committee, monitoring judicial conduct.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Humanities/Social Sciences/Languages
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0070441677
• ISBN 13: 9780070441675
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 792