Overview
Provides a theoretically-grounded and empirically-tested examination of the effect that judges' role orientations have on their decision-making
Analyzes the results of a nationwide survey of the entire population of state supreme court judges
Presents the first cross-institutional examination of the role orientations of state supreme court judges
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Raymond V. Carman, Jr. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the State University of New York, College at Plattsburgh, where he has been a faculty member since 2014. Ray completed his Ph.D. at Binghamton University and his undergraduate studies at Niagara University. His research and teaching interests include: American political institutions (including courts, federalism, intergovernmental relations, and state politics); judicial behavior and politics (including judicial decision-making, judicial selection, and the psychology of judging); law (including civil rights and liberties, and constitutional law); and research methods.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Making Good Law or Good Policy?
Book Subtitle: The Causes and Effects of State Supreme Court Judges’ Role Orientations
Authors: Raymond V. Carman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-53381-0
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2017
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-53380-3Published: 15 March 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-85139-6Published: 21 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-53381-0Published: 06 March 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: VIII, 140
Number of Illustrations: 4 b/w illustrations
Topics: US Politics, Public Policy, Constitutional Law, Theories of Law, Philosophy of Law, Legal History