Judicial Politics in the United States

Judicial Politics in the United States examines the role of courts as policymaking institutions and their interactions with the other branches of government and other political actors in the U.S. political system. Not only does this book cover the nuts and bolts of the functions, structures and processes of our courts and legal system, it goes beyond other judicial process books by exploring how the courts interact with executives, legislatures, and state and federal bureaucracies. It also includes a chapter devoted to the courts’ interactions with interest groups, the media, and general public opinion and a chapter that looks at how American courts and judges interact with other judiciaries around the world.

Judicial Politics in the United States balances coverage of judicial processes with discussions of the courts’ interactions with our larger political universe, making it an essential text for students of judicial politics.

Mark C. Miller is Professor of American Politics and Director of the Law and Society program at Clark University. He is also Distinguished Fulbright Bicentennial Chair in American Studies at the University of Helsinki for the 2014-2015 academic year. He served as the Judicial Fellow at the Supreme Court of the United States from 1999-2000. He is author of The View of the Courts from the Hill: Interactions between Congress and the Federal Judiciary (2009), and editor of Exploring Judicial Politics (2008).