Constitutional law in the political process. / edited by John R. Schmidhauser

Includes index

Democratic theory and the administration of justice
The citizen's perspective : justice in a representative democracy
The Constitution and the status of individuals and groups
Does American justice depend upon financial means?
Is supervision the answer?
Federal judicial authority : federalism, separation of powers
Federalist no. 78 / Alexander Hamilton
The Supreme Court and federalism
What is the nature of the Supreme Court's role?
The Supreme Court in the hierarchy of American courts
Federalism and the courts
Court organization : its relationship to judicial influence
The significance of the district courts
The role of the inferior federal judges in the American legal process
Traditions and procedures of judicial institutions
Procedures of the Supreme Court
The significance of rules and traditions for substantive public policy
Delay in the courts
Decision-making procedures in the appellate courts
The selection of federal judges
The appointing process
The politics of non-partisanship
other aspects of the appointment process
The crucial role of the bar
The lawyer in the appellate process
The bar and constitutional development
The bench and the bar
The specialized bar
The social and political role of the organized bar
The Supreme Court and social change
The political consequences of judicial self-restraint : urban v. rural political ascendancy
The trend toward judicial action on reapportionment
Judicial action confronts the local political order
The Supreme Court as innovator : the desegregation sequence
The roots of judicial behavior
The importance of the judge himself
Backgrounds and decisions
The American judicial process

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