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Checking the Courts: Law, Ideology, and Contingent Discretion - Couverture souple

Livre 12 sur 21: SUNY series in American Constitutionalism

Randazzo, Kirk A.; Waterman, Richard W.

 
9781438452883: Checking the Courts: Law, Ideology, and Contingent Discretion
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 1438452888 ISBN 13 : 9781438452883
Editeur : State University of New York Press, 2015

Synopsis

How does the language of legislative statutes affect judicial behavior? Scholars of the judiciary have rarely studied this question despite statutes being, theoretically, the primary opportunity for legislatures to ensure that those individuals who interpret the law will follow their preferences. In Checking the Courts, Kirk A. Randazzo and Richard W. Waterman offer a model that integrates ideological and legal factors through an empirical measure of statutory discretion. The model is tested across multiple judicial institutions, at both the federal and state levels, and reveals that judges are influenced by the levels of discretion afforded in the legislative statutes. In those cases where lawmakers have clear policy preferences, legislation encourages judges to strictly interpret the plain meaning of the law. Conversely, if policy preferences are unclear, legislation leaves open the possibility that judges will make decisions based on their own ideological policy preferences. Checking the Courts thus provides us with a better understanding of the dynamic interplay between law and ideology.

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À propos de l'auteur

Kirk A. Randazzo is Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of South Carolina and author of Defenders of Liberty or Champions of Security? Federal Courts, the Hierarchy of Justice, and U.S. Foreign Policy, also published by SUNY Press. Richard W. Waterman is Professor of Political Science at the University of Kentucky and the author of several books, including The Changing American Presidency: New Perspectives on Presidential Power.

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Éditeur
State University of New York Press
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1438452888
ISBN 13 
9781438452883
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
203
Coordonnées du fabricant
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Personne responsable
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