TY - BOOK AU - Keeton,Robert E. AU - Keeton,Robert E. TI - Keeton on judging in the American legal system SN - 0327010592 AV - KF 8775 .K45 1999 PY - 1999/// CY - Charlottesville, Va. PB - Lexis Law Pub. KW - Judges KW - Unites States KW - Local KW - Judicial process KW - United States N1 - "Part One ... contains substancial portions of materials that appeared in [the] book Judging (West 1990)..."--p. xxiii; Includes bibliographical references and index; Basic ideas about judging ina legal system -- Law and facts --Tailoring tests for deciding cases -- Recurring themes in tests for legal accountability -- Limits on state and national governmental powers -- Change and its consequences -- Making merits and managerial decisions -- Independence and commitment of the third branch --Judge and jury -- A judge's writing and speaking --Judging Statutes -- More about reasoned choice -- More about legal tests -- More about professional roles -- Managing cases and caseloads -- Metrial motions for judgment -- Overseeing trials and others evidentiary proceedings -- More about deciding disputes involving facts , law, risk, cause, and duty -- More about judge and jury -- Judgments ER -