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Bench press : the collision of courts, politics, and the media / Edited by Keith J. Bybee.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Stanford, CA : Stanford University Press, c2007.Description: viii, 230 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780804756778 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 0804756775 (cloth : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 347.73/14 22
LOC classification:
  • KF5130 .B457 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
pt.1. Context -- Preserving public confidence in the courts in an age of individual rights and public skepticism -- Politicizing the process: the new politics of state judicial elections -- pt.2. Views from the bench --An essay on judicial selection: a brief history -- Judicial independence: the courts and the media -- Politics and the confirmation process: thoughts on the Roberts and Alito hearings -- Selecting the judiciary: who should be the judge? -- pt.3. Views from the media -- Winners and losers -- The Internet and the judiciary: we are all experts now -- The distance between judges and journalists.
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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Vol info Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) KF5130 .B457 2007 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 3 1 Available 00000056370

Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-225) and index.

pt.1. Context -- Preserving public confidence in the courts in an age of individual rights and public skepticism -- Politicizing the process: the new politics of state judicial elections -- pt.2. Views from the bench --An essay on judicial selection: a brief history -- Judicial independence: the courts and the media -- Politics and the confirmation process: thoughts on the Roberts and Alito hearings -- Selecting the judiciary: who should be the judge? -- pt.3. Views from the media -- Winners and losers -- The Internet and the judiciary: we are all experts now -- The distance between judges and journalists.

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