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Table of Contents:
Preface 1. Background and History Introduction: An Overview of the Judicial System Pre-Constitution Judicial System - Colonial Era: 1600 to Late 1700s - The Articles of Confederation Period The Federal Court System Established by the U.S. Constitution - District Courts - Special Courts Appellate Jurisdiction Courts of Special Subject Matter State and Local Judicial Systems Court Systems in Each State Bibliography 2. Problems, Controversies, and Solutions Introduction Problem 1: The Bewildering Complexity of the American Judicial System Problem 2: Judicial Ethics Problem 3: Screening of Federal Judicial Nominees Problem 4: Forced Arbitration Agreements Problem 5: Gender Bias in the Judicial System Problem 6: Increasing Partisanship of the U.S. Courts and Judicial Systems Problem 7: Inequity in the Judicial System-Racial and Ethnic Problem 8: Lack of Minority Judges on the Bench Problem 9: Oversight Relationships Problem 10: Public Defender Issues Problem 11: Juries in the Judicial System Problem 12: Structural Problems Problem 13: Unqualified Judges Bibliography 3. Perspectives Introduction Remote Control: How Appellate Court Online Hearings Can Help Offset Judiciary Budget Cuts, Taraleigh Davis "Let 'em Play, Ref": The Superabundance of Law in the United States, Troy W. Hinrichs The Supreme Court, the Incorporation Doctrine, and the States, Timothy R. Johnson and Rachel Houston There Are Reversals and Then There Are REVERSALS, Scott Merriman The Judicial System from a Clerk's Perspective, Dennis McKinney Congressional Oversight of the Federal Judiciary, Mark C. Miller Courts and Administrative Agencies: A Central Feature of Modern Policymaking, Joseph Postell Transgender Rights and the American Judicial System, Chuck Stewart 4. Profiles Introduction Organizations - Alliance for Justice (AFJ) - American Association for Justice (AAJ) - American Bar Association (ABA) - American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) - American Constitution Society (ACS) - American Heritage Society - American Judicature Society (AJS) - Brennan Center for Justice - Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) - Cato Institute Center for Constitutional Studies (CICCS) - Center for American Progress (CAP) - Center for Individual Rights (CIR) - Center for Justice and Democracy (CJD) - Center for the Study of Law and Religion (CSLR) - Economic Policy Institute (EPI) - Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies - Federal Judicial Center (FJC) - Institute for Justice (IJ) - Law and Economic Center (LEC) - Legal Information Institute (LII) - National Constitution Center - Olin Foundation - Pew Research Center - Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) - The Sentencing Project - U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) - U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee - U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) - Vera Institute of Justice (VIJ) People - Samuel Chase (1741–1811) - William O. Douglas (1898–1980) - William M. Evarts (1818–1901) - Clarence Earl Gideon (1910–1972) - Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933–2020) - Charles Evans Hughes (1862–1948) - Edward "Ted" Kennedy (1932–2009) - Patrick Leahy (1940–) - John Marshall (1755–1835 - Thurgood Marshall (1908–1993) - Ralph Nader (1934–) - Barack Obama (1961–) - Sandra Day O'Connor (1930–) - William Rehnquist (1924–2005) - John Roberts (1959–) - Antonin Scalia (1936–2016) - William Howard Taft (1857–1930) - Roger Taney (1777–1864) - Donald Trump (1946–) - Earl Warren (1891–1974) Bibliography 5. Data and Documents Introduction Data - Figure 5.1 Map of the Geographic Boundaries for U.S. District Courts and Circuit Courts of Appeals - Figure 5.2 New York State Judicial System Flowchart - Figure 5.3 Louisiana Courts Structure - Figure 5.4 Line Graph of the Combined State and Federal Imprisonment Rates per 100,000 Residents, by Race and Ethnicity, 2008–2018 - Figure 5.5 Lifetime Likelihood of Imprisonment for Persons Born in 2001; White, Black, Latinx; Men and Women - Table 5.1. Year States Were Admitted to the Union, by Year Admitted - Table 5.2. Number of States Using Assorted Methods of Judicial Selection - Table 5.3. Federal Judges Impeached, 1804–2010 - Table 5.4. Federal Judicial Nominees by Rate Not Qualified by ABA, 1989 to 2019 - Table 5.5. Chief Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court - Table 5.6. Methods of Judicial Selection in State Court Systems Documents - Document 5.1: Article III, the Constitution of the United States - Document 5.2: Excerpts from the Judiciary Act of 1789 - Document 5.3: Excerpts from Dred Scott v. Sandford (1857) - Document 5.4: Judiciary Act of 1869 - Document 5.5: Excerpts from Miller v. Texas (1894) - Document 5.6: The Nonpartisan Court Plan (Missouri Plan) - Document 5.7: Excerpts from the Legal Services Corporation Act of 1974 - Document 5.8: Excerpts from United States v. Verdugo-Urquidez (1990) - Document 5.9: Excerpts from Arizona Christian School Tuition Organization v. Winn et al. (2011) - Document 5.10: Description of the Judicial Conduct and Disability Act of 1980, Amended March 12, 2019 6. Resources Introduction Print Resources - Books - Leading Scholarly Journals Nonprint Sources - Websites - Films 7. Chronology Glossary Index

About the Author :
Michael C. LeMay, PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Political Science at California State University-San Bernardino, USA.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781440874581
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
  • Publisher Imprint: ABC-CLIO
  • Language: English
  • Series Title: Contemporary World Issues
  • ISBN-10: 1440874581
  • Publisher Date: 18 May 2022
  • Binding: Digital (delivered electronically)
  • No of Pages: 408
  • Sub Title: A Reference Handbook


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