Making Good Law or Good Policy? [electronic resource] : the Causes and Effects of State Supreme Court Judges' Role Orientations / by Raymond V. Carman.
2017
JK1-JK9993
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Title
Making Good Law or Good Policy? [electronic resource] : the Causes and Effects of State Supreme Court Judges' Role Orientations / by Raymond V. Carman.
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9783319533810
3319533819
9783319533803
3319533800
3319533819
9783319533803
3319533800
Published
Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint : Springer, 2017.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (VIII, 140 pages 4 illustrations) : online resource
Item Number
10.1007/978-3-319-53381-0 doi
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JK1-JK9993
Dewey Decimal Classification
320.973
Summary
This book uses role theory to analyze the judicial decisions made by state supreme court judges. Grounded in the fields of anthropology, business management, psychology, and sociology, role theory holds that, for each position an individual occupies in society, he or she creates a role orientation, or a belief about the limits of proper behavior. Judicial role orientation is conceptualized as the stimuli that a judge feels can legitimately be allowed to influence his or her decision-making and, in the case of conflict among influences, what priorities to assign to different decisional criteria. This role orientation is generally seen as existing on a spectrum ranging from activist to restraintist. Using multi-faceted data collection and empirical testing, this book discusses the variation in judges' role orientations, the role that personal institutional structure and judges' backgrounds play in determining judicial orientations, and the degree to which judges' orientations affect their decision-making. The first study to provide cross-institutional research on state supreme court judges, this book expands and advances the literature on judicial role orientation. As such, this book will be of interest to graduate students and researchers studying political science, public policy, law, and the courts.
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Table of Contents
1. An Empirical Puzzle
2. Role Theoretic Literature and a Judicial Role Theoretic Framework
3. Survey Design and Survey Results
4. Determining the Causes of Role Orientation
5. Role Orientation's Effect on Role Behavior
6. Conclusion.
2. Role Theoretic Literature and a Judicial Role Theoretic Framework
3. Survey Design and Survey Results
4. Determining the Causes of Role Orientation
5. Role Orientation's Effect on Role Behavior
6. Conclusion.