Charles Gardner Geyh: 3 books
When Courts and Congress Collide
The Struggle for Control of America's Judicial System
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2009
"This is quite simply the best study of judicial independence that I have ever read; it is erudite, historically aware, and politically astute."
---Malcolm M. Feeley, Claire Sanders Clements Dean's Professor, Boalt Hall School of Law, University of California at Berkeley
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Who is to Judge?
The Perennial Debate Over Whether to Elect or Appoint America's Judges
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2019
An elected judiciary is virtually unique to the American experience and creates a paradox in a representative democracy. Elected judges take an oath to uphold the law impartially, which calls upon them to swear off the influence of the very constituencies they must cultivate in order to attain and...
Courting Peril
The Political Transformation of the American Judiciary
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2016
The rule of law paradigm has long operated on the premise that independent judges disregard extralegal influences and impartially uphold the law. A political transformation several generations in the making, however, has imperiled this premise. Social science learning, the lessons of which have been...