The Oxford handbook of law and politics /
With engaging contributions from major international scholars, 'The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics' provides the key point of reference for anyone working on the interception between law and political science.
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press,
2008.
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| Series: | Oxford handbooks of political science.
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction. The study of law and politics / Keith E. Whittington, R. Daniel Kelemen & Gregory A. Caldeira
- Approaches. Judicial behavior / Jeffrey A. Segal ; Strategic judicial decision-making / Pablo T. Spiller & Rafael Gely ; Historical institutionalism and the study of law / Rogers M. Smith
- Comparative judicial politics. The rule of law and courts in democratizing regimes / Rebecca Bill Chavez ; The global spread of constitutional review / Tom Ginsburg ; Establishing and maintaining judicial independence / Georg Vanberg ; The judicialization of politics / Ran Hirschl ; Comparative federalism and the role of the judiciary / Daniel Halberstam ; Legal and extralegal emergencies / Kim Lane Scheppele
- International and supanational law. International law and international relations / Beth Simmons ; The European court and legal integration : an exceptional story or harbinger of the future? / Karen J. Alter ; War crimes tribunals / Gary J. Bass ; The globalization of the law / Bryant G. Garth
- Forms of legal order. Civil law and common law : toward convergence? / Ugo Mattei & Luca G. Pes ; Constitutionalism / Keith E. Whittington ; Constitutional law and American politics / Mark A. Graber ; The legal structure of democracy / Richard H. Pildes ; Administrative law / Daniel B. Rodriguez ; Legislation and statutory interpretation / Elizabeth Garrett ; Informalism as a form of legal ordering / Christine B. Harrington
- Sources of law and theories of jurisprudence. Natural law / Robert P. George ; Rights in legal and political philosophy / Matthew H. Kramer ; Formalism : legal, constitutional, judicial / Frederick Schauer ; Feminist theory and the law / Judith A. Baer ; The racial subject in legal theory / Sheila R. Foster and R.A. Lenhardt
- The American judicial context. Filling the bench / David A. Yalof ; The U.S. Supreme Court / Lee Epstein ; Relations among courts / Susan Haire ; Litigation and legal mobilization / Michael McCann ; Legal profession / Richard L. Abel
- The political and policy environment of courts in the United States. Judicial independence / Frank Cross ; Law and regulation / Susan Rose-Ackerman ; Law as an instrument of social reform / Charles R. Epp ; Criminal justice and the police / Wesley G. Skogan ; Law and political ideologies / Julie Novkov ; Courts and the politics of partisan coalitions / Howard Gillman ; Understanding regime change : public opinion, legitimacy, and legal consciousness / Scott Barclay & Susan S. Silbey
- Interdisciplinary approaches to law and politics. Law and society / Lynn Mather ; The analysis of courts in the economic analysis of law / Lewis A. Kornhauser ; Psychology and the law / Tom R. Tyler ; Law and history / Christopher Tomlins
- Old and new. The path of the law in political science : de-centering legality from olden times to the day before yesterday / Stuart A. Scheingold ; Reflections about judicial politics / Harold J. Spaeth ; Law and politics : the problem of boundaries / Martin Shapiro.