01422nam a2200289Ia 4500 286147 OCoLC 20160527201242.0 060413s2006 dcu b 001 0 eng 2006012477 0815782349 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780815782346 (cloth : alk. paper) (OCoLC)67346108 PUCPR cicg KF 8775 .A97 2006 347.73/14 22 Are judges political? an empirical analysis of the federal judiciary Cass R. Sunstein ... [et al.]. Washington, D.C. Brookings Institution Press c2006. x, 177 p. 23 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Studying judges with numbers -- Ideological votes and ideological panels -- Nonideological voting and entrenched views -- Explaining the data : conformity, group polarization, and the rule of law -- The case of big decisions : of segregation, abortion, and obscenity -- More conservative than thou? judicial voting across circuits, across presidents, and over time -- What should be done? of politics, judging, and diversity. Judges United States. Local 118479 Political questions and judicial power United States. Local 152212 Judicial process United States. Local 118505 Sunstein, Cass R. LEMB 46592 206677 206677 0 0 lc 0 KF_8775_000000000000000__A97_2006 0 cil 324692 7 7 4 2016-05-27 Blackwell's Book Service 24.95 419405 0 KF 8775 .A97 2006 70000000841861 2016-05-27 00:00:00 r:286147 6