In The Supreme Court, Lawrence Baum provides a brief yet comprehensive introduction to
the US Supreme Court, one that is balanced and illuminating. In successive chapters, the …

The separation-of-powers literature focuses on how the preferences of one branch constrain
the behavior of its counterparts. Yet, in much of this work, scholars do not address how …

Ideology in the Supreme Court is the first book to analyze the process by which the
ideological stances of US Supreme Court justices translate into the positions they take on …

Since the end of the 1980s the Supreme Court has cut its caseload nearly in half. While this
decrease has not gone unnoticed, researchers have largely focused their explanations on …

Qual é a relação entre os partidos políticos e o Supremo Tribunal Federal? Neste livro,
Daniel Bogéa apresenta os contornos dessa relação como uma simbiose institucional …

IN the study of judicial behavior,“economics” has multiple meanings. Many scholars view it
through a conceptual lens, grounding their studies on the assumption that the judge is a …

Democracy and the rule of law are slowly deteriorating in several countries around the
world, including some member states of the European Union. There are many reasons for …

Do “the people” influence high court decision-making? There is, at first glance, little apparent
reason for the answer to be yes. Yet there has long existed empirical support to conclude …

Formal institutions that insulate judges from political pressures are core pieces of
constitutional reforms aimed at ensuring limited government. These institutions are …

I examine the relationship between judicial federalism and state-level representation. I
develop a framework in which federal courts establish a federal “floor” in a policy area, thus …