Judicial Process and Judicial Policymaking

G Alan Tarr

ISBN 10: 0534602436 / ISBN 13: 9780534602437

Published by Cengage Learning, Inc, 2005

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An excellent introduction to judicial politics as a method of analysis, JUDICIAL PROCES AND JUDICIAL POLICYMAKING, Sixth Edition, focuses on policy in the judicial process. Rather than limiting the text to coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court, G. Alan Tarr examines the judiciary as the third branch of government, and weaves four major premises throughout the text: 1) Courts in the United States have always played an important role in governing and that their role has increased in recent decades; 2) Judicial policymaking is a distinctive activity; 3) Courts make policy in a variety of ways; and 4) Courts may be the objects of public policy, as well as creators.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Judicial Process and Judicial Policymaking
• Publisher: Cengage Learning, Inc
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0534602436
• ISBN 13: 9780534602437
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: 4th Edition
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

JUDICIAL PROCESS AND JUDICIAL POLICYMAKING a brief text, now with a lower price focuses on policy in its discussion of the judicial process. The author's approach is based on four major premises: 1) that courts in the U.S. have always played an important role in governing and that their role has increased in recent decades; 2) that judicial policymaking is a distinctive activity; 3) that courts make policy in a variety of ways; and 4) that courts may be the objects of public policy, as well as creators. Rather than limit the text to coverage of the U.S. Supreme Court, G. Alan Tarr examines the judiciary as the third branch of government. He then brings students into the debate by asking them to form their own evaluations of the organization, function, and impact of the courts on and within government.

About the Author

G. Alan Tarr received his doctorate from the University of Chicago. He is a distinguished professor of political science and director of the Center for State Constitutional Studies at Rutgers University, Camden. Professor Tarr has served as a constitutional consultant in Russia, South Africa, Cyprus, and Burma. A three-time NEH Fellow, he is currently completing a study of judicial independence and accountability in the American states.