Checking the courts : law, ideology, and contingent discretion / / Kirk A. Randazzo and Richard W. Waterman

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786796303321
• Autore: Randazzo Kirk A.
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Albany, New York : , : SUNY Press, , 2014; ©2014
• ISBN: 1-4384-5289-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (218 p.)
• Collana: SUNY series in American Constitutionalism
• Disciplina: 347.73/12
• Soggetti: Judicial process - United States; Political questions and judicial power - United States; Constitutional law - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Contents""; ""List of Illustrations""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 Introduction""; ""Anecdotal Evidence of Statutory Influence on Judges""; ""Systematic Statutory Influences on Judicial Behavior""; ""Measuring Legal Factors""; ""Organization of the Book""; ""2 Theoretical Foundations""; ""Approaches to Interpretation and the Canons of Statutory Construction""; ""Textualism""; ""Dynamic Statutory Interpretation""; ""Separation of Powers Models""; ""Influence of Law and Ideology on Judicial Behavior""; ""Placing Judicial Decision Making into a Broader Theoretical Context""; ""The Model of Contingent Discretion""""Operationalization of Statutory Discretion""; ""Conclusions""; ""3 U.S. Courts of Appeals""; ""Historical Development of the Federal Appellate Courts""; ""Anecdotal Evidence from Appeals Court Judges""; ""Empirical Analysis of Statutory Influence""; ""Circuit-Specific Analyses of Statutory Influence""; ""An Alternative Specification""; ""Conclusions""; ""4 The U.S. Supreme Court""; ""Historical Development of the Supreme Court""; ""Anecdotal Evidence from Supreme Court Justices""; ""Empirical Evidence of Statutory Influence""; ""Justice-Specific Analyses of Statutory Influence""""An Alternative Specification""; ""Examination of Statutes Under Judicial Review""; ""Corollary Analysis of Statutes and Unanimous Decisions""; ; ""Conclusions""; ""5 State Supreme Courts""; ""Influence of Law and Ideology on State Supreme Courts""; ""Anecdotal Evidence from State Court Judges""; ""Empirical Evidence of Statutory Influence""; ""Corollary Analysis of Statutes and Judicial Elections/Appointments""; ""Conclusions""; ""6 Temporal Analysis of Supreme Court Behavior""; ""The Temporal Nature of the Law""; ""Evolution of Congressional Statutory Language""""Empirical Analysis of Statutory Influence versus Judicial Annotations""; ""Corollary Analysis of Statutes and Unanimous Decisions""; ""Conclusions""; ""7 Toward a New Paradigm""; ""Summary of Empirical Evidence""; ""Theoretical and Substantive Implications""; ""Important Caveats""; ""Remaining Questions""; ""Appendix: Word Count of Federal Statutes""; ""Notes""; ""References""; ""Index""