The Cavendish LawCards cover the broad range of subjects available on the undergraduate law programme, as well as on the CPE/Diploma in Law course. Each one of the Cavendish LawCards is a complete, pocket-sized guide to key examinable areas of the law syllabus. Their concise text, user-friendly layout and compact format make the Cavendish LawCards ideal revision aids for identifying, understanding and committing to memory the salient points of each topic
First published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Focusing on the workings of the judicial system, this comprehensive text offers detailed insights into the functions and behaviors within American courts. It examines the interactions between court activities and the broader political landscape, making it an essential resource for understanding the role of courts in society. The Seventh Edition updates key concepts and provides clarity on complex processes, ensuring readers grasp the intricate dynamics of the legal system.
"Ideology in the Supreme Court is the first book to analyze the process by which the ideological stances of U.S. Supreme Court justices translate into the positions they take on the issues that the Court addresses. Eminent Supreme Court scholar Lawrence Baum argues that the links between ideology and issues are not simply a matter of reasoning logically from general premises. Rather, they reflect the development of shared understandings among political elites, including Supreme Court justices. And broad values about matters such as equality are not the only source of these understandings. Another potentially important source is the justices' attitudes about social or political groups, such as the business community and the Republican and Democratic parties. The book probes these sources by analyzing three issues on which the relative positions of liberal and conservative justices changed between 1910 and 2013: freedom of expression, criminal justice, and government "takings" of property. Analyzing the Court's decisions and other developments during that period, Baum finds that the values underlying liberalism and conservatism help to explain these changes, but that justices' attitudes toward social and political groups also played a powerful role. Providing a new perspective on how ideology functions in Supreme Court decision making, Ideology in the Supreme Court has important implications for how we think about the Court and its justices."-- Provided by publisher
The Company They Keep advances a new way of thinking about Supreme Court decision-making. In so doing, it explains why today's Supreme Court is the first ever in which lines of ideological division are also partisan lines between justices appointed by Republican and Democratic presidents.
Exploring the motivations behind judicial decision-making, this book presents a unique perspective that emphasizes judges' desire for approval from key audiences. Political scientist Lawrence Baum delves into the interplay between judicial choices and the influence of public perception, shedding light on how external factors shape the rulings of judges. This analysis offers a fresh understanding of the dynamics at play in the courtroom and the broader implications for the justice system.