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  • Judges, Law, and Partisanship

    Redistricting Challenges in American Courts

    by Mark Jonathan McKenzie ...
    Series series Political Science and International Studies (R0)
    How do federal judges in the lower courts and justices in state supreme courts decide highly political and polarizing redistricting disputes? This study develops a complex view of judicial behavior in redistricting. When the law is clear, lower court judges don’t show any partisan favoritism in their rulings. When the law is ambiguous, judges tend to favor their party in cases, especially when ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

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  • Reading the Constitution

    Why I Chose Pragmatism, Not Textualism

    by Stephen Breyer ...
    New York Times BestsellerIn a provocative and brilliant analysis, retired Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer deconstructs the textualist philosophy of the current Supreme Court’s supermajority and makes the case for a more pragmatic approach of the Constitution.“You will not read a more important legal work this election year.” —Bob Woodward, Washington Post reporter and author of fifteen #1 New ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • The Classical Liberal Constitution

    The Uncertain Quest for Limited Government

    by Richard A. Epstein ...
    American liberals and conservatives alike take for granted a progressive view of the Constitution that took root in the early twentieth century. Richard Epstein laments this complacency which, he believes, explains America’s current economic malaise and political gridlock. Steering clear of well-worn debates between defenders of originalism and proponents of a living Constitution, Epstein employs ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • Judicial Politics in the United States

    by Mark C. Miller ...
    Judicial Politics in the United States examines the role of courts as policymaking institutions and their interactions with the other branches of government and other political actors in the U.S. political system. Not only does this book cover the nuts and bolts of the functions, structures and processes of our courts and legal system, it goes beyond other judicial process books by exploring how ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • The Supreme Court and the Attitudinal Model Revisited

    by Jeffrey A. Segal, Harold J. Spaeth ...
    This book, authored by two leading scholars of the Supreme Court and its policy making, systematically presents and validates the use of the attitudinal model to explain and predict Supreme Court decision making. In the process, it critiques the two major alternative models of Supreme Court decision making and their major variants: the legal and rational choice. Using the US Supreme Court Data ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Gerrymandering in America

    The House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Popular Sovereignty

    by Anthony J. McGann, Charles Anthony Smith, Michael Latner, Alex Keena ...
    This book considers the political and constitutional consequences of Vieth v. Jubelirer (2004), where the Supreme Court held that partisan gerrymandering challenges could no longer be adjudicated by the courts. Through a rigorous scientific analysis of US House district maps, the authors argue that partisan bias increased dramatically in the 2010 redistricting round after the Vieth decision, both ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Misreading Law, Misreading Democracy

    by Victoria Nourse ...
    American law schools extol democracy but teach little about its most basic institution, the Congress. Interpreting statutes is lawyers’ most basic task, but law professors rarely focus on how statutes are made. This misguided pedagogy, says Victoria Nourse, undercuts the core of legal practice. It may even threaten the continued functioning of American democracy, as contempt for the legislature ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • The Chevron Doctrine

    Its Rise and Fall, and the Future of the Administrative State

    by Thomas W. Merrill ...
    “Wise and illuminating…Merrill’s treatment of the rise of Chevron, and its various twists and turns over the decades, is keenly insightful.” —Cass R. Sunstein, New York Review of Books“Merrill is one of the brightest and best scholars of administrative law in his generation. This book...is must-reading for any citizen who has an interest in the constitutionality of the administrative state.” ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Color of Representation

    Congressional Behavior and Black Interests

    by Kenny J. Whitby ...
    The central domestic issue in the United States over the long history of this nation has been the place of the people of color in American society. One aspect of this debate is how African-Americans are represented in Congress. Kenny J. Whitby examines congressional responsiveness to black interests by focusing on the representational link between African-American constituents and the policymaking ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • The Grasping Hand

    Kelo v. City of New London & the Limits of Eminent Domain

    by Ilya Somin ...
    In 2005, the Supreme Court ruled that the city of New London, Connecticut, could condemn fifteen residential properties in order to transfer them to a new private owner. Although the Fifth Amendment only permits the taking of private property for "public use," the Court ruled that the transfer of condemned land to private parties for "economic development" is permitted by the Constitution—even if ... Read more

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  • The Oxford Handbook of American Election Law

    Edited by Eugene D. Mazo ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks
    The Oxford Handbook of American Election Law offers a sophisticated overview of one of the most contested and consequential areas of American law. The book introduces the reader to election law's core themes, provides summaries of its leading cases, guides the reader through key scholarly debates, and suggests areas for future research. The first book of its kind in the field, the Handbook brings ... Read more

    $202.99 USD

  • A Mere Machine

    The Supreme Court, Congress, and American Democracy

    by Anna Harvey ...
    Introductory textbooks on American government tell us that the Supreme Court is independent from the elected branches and that independent courts better protect rights than their more deferential counterparts. But are these facts or myths?   In this groundbreaking new work, Anna Harvey reports evidence showing that the Supreme Court is in fact extraordinarily deferential to congressional ... Read more

    $49.99 USD