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The Judicial Process
Law, Courts, and Judicial Politics
- Christopher P. Banks - Kent State University, USA
- David M. O'Brien - University of Virginia, USA
March 2015 | 400 pages | CQ Press
The Judicial Process: Law, Courts, and Judicial Politics is an all-new, concise yet comprehensive core text that introduces students to the nature and significance of the judicial process in the United States and across the globe. It is social scientific in its approach, situating the role of the courts and their impact on public policy within a strong foundation in legal theory, or political jurisprudence, as well as legal scholarship. Authors Christopher P. Banks and David M. O’Brien do not shy away from the politics of the judicial process, and offer unique insight into cutting-edge and highly relevant issues. In its distinctive boxes, “Contemporary Controversies over Courts” and “In Comparative Perspective,” the text examines topics such as the dispute pyramid, the law and morality of same-sex marriages, the “hardball politics” of judicial selection, plea bargaining trends, the right to counsel and “pay as you go” justice, judicial decisions limiting the availability of class actions, constitutional courts in Europe, the judicial role in creating major social change, and the role lawyers, juries and alternative dispute resolution techniques play in the U.S. and throughout the world. Photos, cartoons, charts, and graphs are used throughout the text to facilitate student learning and highlight key aspects of the judicial process.
Part 1: Law and Political Jurisprudence in a Globalized Society
Chapter 1: The Politics of Law and Courts in Society
Chapter 2: The Politics of Law and Jurisprudence
Part 2: Judicial Organization and Administrative Processes
Chapter 3: Judicial Organization and Administration
Chapter 4: Judicial Selection and Removal
Part 3: Access to Courts and Judicial Decision Making
Chapter 5: The Practice of Law
Chapter 6: Access to Courts and Justice
Chapter 7: Trial Courts: The Adversarial Process and Criminal Cases
Chapter 8: Trial Courts: Civil Cases and Litigation
Part 4: Judicial Policymaking
Chapter 9: Appellate Courts and Decision Making
Chapter 10: The Scope and Limits of Judicial Power
Supplements
Instructor Resource Site
Available for instructors is a password-protected resource site featuring graphics from the book
Available for instructors is a password-protected resource site featuring graphics from the book
“This book is simultaneously deep and comprehensive. It covers every topic that is appropriate for a judicial process course. Although courts are legal institutions, and students must learn basic elements of the law, courts are largely political in nature. Professors Banks and O’Brien do an outstanding job explaining both the legal and political elements of the judicial process.”
University of South Florida
“In addition to the standard topics, Banks and O’Brien also cover jurisprudence, which is a very welcome addition in a judicial process text.”
University of Nebraska
“A very clear and well developed organization to the book that addresses major components of the study of the courts; one of the real strengths is the comparative approach to garner a better understanding of how the American judicial system compares to other judicial systems.”
Catawba College
This is the text that previous professor utilized and it met my needs.
Sociology Dept, Alice Lloyd College
August 16, 2020
Sage College Publishing
