The View from the Bench and Chambers: Examining Judicial Process and Decision Making on the U.S. Courts of Appeals

by Donald R. Songer, Jennifer Barnes Bowie, John Szmer

For most of their history, the U.S. courts of appeals have toiled in obscurity, well out of the limelight of political controversy. But as the number of appeals has increased dramatically, while the number of cases heard by the Supreme Court has remained the same, the courts of appeals have become the court of last resort for the vast majority of litigants. This enhanced status has been recognized by important political actors, and as a result,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813935997
• ISBN13: 9780813935997
• Release Date: October 2014
• Publisher: University of Virginia Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"