Oxford Handbook of Law & Politics

The Oxford Handbooks of Political Science are the essential guide to the state of political science today The only fully comprehensive ten-volume survey of the whole discipline Not just a review of the discipline, but a major contribution to it Engagingly written by an illustrious team of international contributorsThe study of law and politics is one of the foundation stones of the discipline of political science, and it has been one of the most productive areas of cross-fertilization between the various subfields of political science and between political science and other cognate disciplines. This Handbook provides a comprehensive survey of the field of law and politics in all its diversity, ranging from such traditional subjects as theories of jurisprudence, constitutionalism, judicial politics and law-and-society to such re-emerging subjects as comparative judicial politics, international law, and democratization. The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics gathers together leading scholars in the field to assess key literatures shaping the discipline today and to help set the direction of research in the decade ahead.Readership: Scholars and students of political science, law, and adjacent disciplines. Edited by Keith E. Whittington, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics, Princeton University, R. Daniel Kelemen, Associate Professor of Political Science, Rutgers University, and Gregory A. Caldeira, Professor of Political Science , Ohio State UniversityContributors: Keith E. Whittington, Princeton University R. Daniel Kelemen, Rutgers University Gregory A. Caldeira, Ohio State University Jeffrey Segal, SUNY, Stony Brook Pablo Spiller, UC Berkeley Rafael Gely, University of Cincinnati Rogers Smith, University of PennsylvaniaMalcolm Feeley, UC Berkeley Rick Messick, World Bank Matthew Stephenson, Harvard Law School Rebecca Chavez, US Naval Academy Thomas Ginsburg, University of Illinois Georg Vanberg, University of North Carolina Ran Hirschl, University of Toronto Daniel Halberstam, University of Michigan Kim Scheppele, Princeton University Beth Simmons, Harvard University Karen Alter, Nortwestern University Gary Bass, Princeton University Bryant Garth, Southwestern Law School Ugo Mattei, London School of Economics Luca Pes, London School of Economics Mark Graber, University of Maryland Richard Pildes, New York University Daniel Rodriguez, University of Texas Elizabeth Garrett, University of Southern California Christine Harrington, New York University Jules Coleman, Yale University Robert George, Princeton University Matthew Kramer, University of Cambridge Frederick Schauer, Harvard University Judith Baer, Texas A & M University Sheila Foster, Fordham University Robin Lenhardt, Fordham University David Yalof, University of Connecticut Lee Epstein, Washington University Susan Haire, University of Georgia Michael McCann, University of Washington Richard Abel, UC Los Angeles Frank Cross, University of Texas Susan Rose-Ackerman, Yale University Charles Epp, University of Kansas Wesley Skogan, Northwestern University Julie Novkov, SUNY, Albany Howard Gillman, University of Southern California Scott Barclay, SUNY, Albany Susan Silbey, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lynn Mathers, SUNY, Buffalo Lewis Kornhauser, New York University Tom Tyler, New York University William MacNeil, Griffith University Christopher Tomlins, American Bar Foundation Stuart Scheingold, University of Washington Harold Spaeth, Michigan State University Martin Shapiro, UC Berkeley Review(s) from previous edition"The editors have assembled an extremely impressive list of scholars from law and political science-a veritable who's who in the field-and have produced a volume that defines an ambitious agenda for the study of law and politics for the next generation. - John Ferejohn, Carolyn S. G. Munro Professor of Political Science, Stanford University. "The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics provides an invaluable guide to the inter-relationship between these two disciplines. It brings together in a well-organized and systematic manner the rich literature on the various aspects of this subject. All lawyers interested in the relationship between law and politics will want to have a copy of this book in their collection. " - Paul Craig, Professor of English Law and Fellow of St John's College, University of Oxford. "Spanning all of the major substantive areas and approaches in modern political science, this blockbuster set is a must-have for scholars and students alike. Each volume is crafted by a distinguished set of editors who have assembled critical, comprehensive, essays to survey accumulated knowledge and emerging issues in the study of politics. These volumes will help to shape the discipline for many years to come." - Theda Skocpol, Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, Harvard University. Part I: IntroductionKeith E. Whittington, R. Daniel Kelemen, Gregory A. Caldeira: Part II: Approaches 1: Jeffrey Segal: Judicial Behavior 2: Pablo Spiller and Rafael Gely: Strategic Action 3: Rogers Smith: Historical Institutionalism 4: Malcolm Feeley: Sociological Perspectives Part III: Comparative Judicial Politics 5: Rick Messick and Matthew Stephenson: Rule of Law, Courts, and Economic Development 6: Rebecca Chavez: Rule of Law and Courts in Democratizing Regimes 7: Thomas Ginsburg: The Global Spread of Constitutional Review 8: Georg Vanberg: Establishing and Maintaining Judicial Independence 9: Ran Hirschl: Judicialization of Politics? 10: Daniel Halberstam: Federalism 11: Kim Scheppele: Emergency and Prerogative Powers Part IV: International and Supranational Law 12: Beth Simmons: International Law 13: Karen Alter: The European Court of Justice and European Legal Integration 14: Gary Bass: War Crimes Tribunals 15: Bryant Garth: The Globalization of the Law Part V: Forms of Legal Order 16: Ugo Mattei and Luca Pes: Civil Law and Common Law: Toward Convergence? 17: Keith Whittington: Constitutionalism 18: Mark Graber: Constitutional Law 19: Richard Pildes: Legal Structures of Democracy 20: Daniel Rodriguez: Administrative Law 21: Elizabeth Garrett: Legislation and Statutory Interpretation 22: Christine Harrington: Informal and Private Dispute Resolution Part VI: Sources of Law and Theories of Jurisprudence 23: Jules Coleman: Positivism 24: Robert George: Natural Law 25: Matthew Kramer: Rights Liberalism 26: Frederick Schauer: Formalism and Its Discontents 27: Judith Baer: Feminist Theory 28: Sheila Foster and Robin Lenhardt: Race and Legal Theory Part VII: The American Judicial Context 29: David Yalof: Filling the Bench 30: Lee Epstein: The U.S. Supreme Court 31: Susan Haire: Relations Among Courts 32: Michael McCann: Litigation and the Mobilization of Law 33: Richard Abel: Legal Profession 34: Gregory A. Caldeira: The Public and the Courts Part VIII: The Political and Policy Environment of Courts in the United States 35: Frank Cross: Judicial Independence 36: Susan Rose-Ackerman: Law and Regulation 37: Charles Epp: Law as an Instrument of Social Reform 38: Wesley Skogan: Criminal Justice and Police 39: Julie Novkov: Law and Political Ideologies 40: Howard Gillman: Courts and Political Partisan Regimes 41: Scott Barclay and Susan Silbey: Legal Consciousness Part IX: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Law and Politics 42: Lynn Mathers: Law and Society 43: Lewis Kornhauser: Law and Economics 44: Tom Tyler: Law and Psychology 45: William MacNeil: Law and Literature 46: Christopher Tomlins: Law and History Part X: Old and NewStuart Scheingold, Harold Spaeth , and Martin Shapiro: