Courts, judges and politics (5th ed )

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.

Part 1:"The Nature" of Judging Chapter 1 Political Jurisprudence Chapter 2 Courts in Constitutional Democracies Part 2:The American Legal System Chapter 3 Judicial Organization Chapter 4 Judicial Selection and Retention Chapter 5 The Bar Part 3:Judicial Power Chapter 6 Access to Judicial Power Chapter 7 Instruments of Judicial Power Chapter 8 Limitations on Judicial Power Part 4:Judicial Decision Making Chapter 9 Fact Finding in the Courts Chapter 10 Precedents and Legal Reasoning Chapter 11 Statutory Interpretation Chapter 12 Constitutional Interpretation Chapter 13 The Processes of Judicial Decision Making Chapter 14 The Impact of Judicial Decisions