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strategically in this sense. Neustadt long ago taught us that even the US president is severely constrained by others when he do ...

1 Neoinstitutionalism Strategic theories are certainly correct that judges are often constrained by the institutions within wh ...

varies across contexts. SpeciWcally, her research ‘‘demonstrates that the likelihood of strategic behavior by judges varies by p ...

of the treasury) nor the ‘‘sword’’ (control over agents of state coercion)—their political capital must be found in resources ot ...

the demands of their constituents (for an elaboration of this idea, see Gibson 2004 b). Thus, a crucial attribute of political i ...

also more likely to be persuaded by the justices’ denial of responsibility for the decision. Gibson, Caldeira, and Spence (2003 ...

At the same time, interest groups and legal activists have become increasingly desirous of inXuencing the outcomes of state judi ...

that judicial independence is among the most valuable institutional resources of courts. For courts to fulWll their role as impa ...

Finally, we know very little about voters in judicial elections. The conventional view is that law and courts are practically in ...

interesting research is being conducted in the sub-Weld on culture (legal and otherwise), justice (distributive, procedural, ret ...

Brace, P. R. and Hall,M.G. 1997. The interplay of preferences, case facts, context, and rules in the politics of judicial choice ...

Giles, M. W. and Lancaster,T.D. 1989. Political transition, social development, and legal mobilization in Spain.American Politic ...

Parkin,C. 1996. Irish divorce change delayed.United Press International, February 8. Richards, M. J. and Kritzer,H.M. 2002. Juri ...

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change—the ability to bring about meaningful reform—and that the work that courts do has major consequences for the various cons ...

amending the Constitution—for elected oYcials who might seek to modify or undo judicial policies that theyWnd disagreeable. Over ...

authoritative power to resolve legal disputes, and in doing so they are generally accepted as legitimate, enjoying the esteem of ...

Under such conditions, it will be diYcult for judges to take the lead as policy- makers. Inasmuch as they are tethered to public ...

One characteristic of the judicial process that is distinctive from the work done by legislative and executive oYcials is that a ...

designs in the area of, say, commercial law or environmental protection, will be unable to advance his or her goals if the cases ...