Buch, Englisch, 392 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 527 g
Views from the Bench
Buch, Englisch, 392 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 527 g
ISBN: 978-1-4522-2783-2
Verlag: Sage Publications
Thoroughly revised and updated for this fourth edition, Judges on Judging offers insights into the judicial philosophies and political views of those on the bench. Broad in scope, this one-of-a-kind book features ôoff-the-benchö writings and speeches in which Supreme Court justices, as well as lower federal and state court judges, discuss the judicial process, constitutional and statutory interpretation, judicial federalism, and the role of the judiciary. Engaging introductory material provides students with necessary thematic and historical context making this book the perfect supplement to present a nuanced view of the judiciary.
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Introduction
I. JUDICIAL REVIEW AND AMERICAN POLITICS: HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL PERSPECTIVES
1. The Doctrine of Judicial Review: Mr. Marshall, Mr. Jefferson, and Mr. Marbury - Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, Supreme Court of the United States
2. The Supreme Court in the American System of Government - Justice Robert H. Jackson, Supreme Court of the United States
3. The Two Faces of Judicial Activism - Judge William Wayne Justics, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
II. THE DYNAMICS OF THE JUDICIAL PROCESS
4. Advice and Consent in Theory and Practice - Judge Roger J. Miner, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
5. The “Fight” Theory versus the “Truth” Theory - Judge Jerome Frank, U.S. Court of Appeals, Second Circuit
6. The Adversary Judge: The Experience of the Trial Judge - Judge Marvin E. Frankel, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York
7. The Business of the U.S. District Courts - Judge D. Brock Hornby, U.S. District Court, District of Maine
8. What I Ate for Breakfast and Other Mysteries of Judicial Decision Making - Judge Alex Kozinski, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
9. Whose Federal Judiciary Is It Anyway? - Judge Stephen Reinhardt, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
10. What Really Goes on at the Supreme Court - Justice Lewis F. Powell Jr., Supreme Court of the United States
11. The Supreme Court’s Conference - Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, Supreme Court of the United States
12. Deciding What to Decide: The Docket and the Rule of Four - Justice John Paul Stevens, Supreme Court of the United States
13. The Role of Oral Argument - Justice John M. Harlan II, Supreme Court of the United States
14. The Dissent: A Safeguard of Democracy - Justice William O. Douglas, Supreme Court of the United States
III. THE JUDICIARY AND THE CONSTITUTION
15. Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States - Justice Joseph Story, Supreme Court of the United States
16. The Path of Law - Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., Supreme Court of the United States
17. The Judge as a Legislator - Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo, Supreme Court of the United States
18. The Notion of a Living Constitution - Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, Supreme Court of the United States
19. A Relativistic Constitution - Judge William Wayne Justice, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Texas
20. The Jurisprudence of Judicial Restraint: A Return to the Moorings - Judge J. Clifford Wallace, U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit
21. Tradition and Morality in Constitutional Law - Judge Robert H. Bork. U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit
22. What Am I, a Potted Plant? The Case Against Strict Constructionism - Judge Richard A. Posner, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
23. Originalism: The Lesser Evil - Justice Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States
24. Judging - Justice Clarence Thomas, Supreme Court of the United States
25. The Constitution: A Living Document - Justice Thurgood Marshall, Supreme Court of the United States
26. The Constitution of the United States: Contemporary Ratification - Justice William J. Brennan Jr., Supreme Court of the United States
27. On Constitutional Interpretation - Justice David H. Souter, Supreme Court of the United States
28. Speaking in a Judicial Voice: Reflections on Roe v. Wade - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court of the United States
29. Our Democratic Constitution - Justice Stephen G. Breyer, Supreme Court of the United States
30. Against Constitutional Theory - Judge Richard A. Posner, U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
IV. OUR DUAL CONSTITUTIONAL SYSTEM: THE BILL OF RIGHTS AND THE STATES
31. The Bill of Rights - Justice Hugo L. Black, Supreme Court of the United States
32. Guardians of Our Liberties—State Courts No Less Than Federal - Justice William J. Brennan Jr., Supreme Court of the United States
33. First Things First: Rediscovering the States’ Bills of Rights - Justice Hans A. Linde, Oregon State Supreme
