Course Description
Judicial processes, policy-making, and policies, with emphasis on judicial selection, models of judicial decision-making, institutional constraints on judicial choice, and the implementation and impact of judicial decisions.
Athena Title
JUDICIAL POLITICS
Semester Course Offered
Not offered on a regular basis.
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Course Objectives
Introduce students to the empirical research on courts and the legal process. Train students to be consumers and producers of research in law & courts. Provide students with the opportunity to work on academic research and writing. Provide students with the opportunity to work on presentation and peer review skills.
Topical Outline
Legal and Attitudinal Models of Decision Making Strategic, Institutional and Integrated Models Internal and External Influences Judicial Agenda Setting Judicial Relations, Opinion Assignment, and Coalition Trial Court Policy Making Individual Presentation/Consultation on Research Papers Litigation and Access to Courts Judicial Legitimacy, Authority, and Impact Presentation of Papers and Discussant Activities
Syllabus