Oxford Handbook Of Law And Politics, The

Description:
The 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.

Review:
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 I strongly recommend purchasing The Oxford Handbook of Law and Politics ... The essays the editors have assassed not only review a solid base of knowledge but they also identify new puzzles to pursue and possibilities for collaboration ... For me, the bottom line is this. I am more excited about our field than I was before reading the handbook. I am anxious to get back to work on the problems the handbook addresses. I would strongly recommend purchasing it and using it in your classes. I surely will. Jeffrey K. Staton, Emory University, in Law and Politics Book Review

Table of Contents:
PART I: INTRODUCTION; PART II: APPROACHES; 1. Judicial Behavior; 2. Strategic Action; 3. Historical Institutionalism; 4. Sociological Perspectives; PART III: COMPARATIVE JUDICIAL POLITICS; 5. Rule of Law, Courts, and Economic Development; 6. Rule of Law and Courts in Democratizing Regimes; 7. The Global Spread of Constitutional Review; 8. Establishing and Maintaining Judicial Independence; 9. Judicialization of Politics?; 10. Federalism; 11. Emergency and Prerogative Powers; PART IV: INTERNATIONAL AND SUPRANATIONAL LAW; 12. International Law; 13. The European Court of Justice and European Legal Integration; 14. War Crimes Tribunals; 15. The Globalization of the Law; PART V: FORMS OF LEGAL ORDER; 16. Civil Law and Common Law: Toward Convergence?; 17. Constitutionalism; 18. Constitutional Law; 19. Legal Structures of Democracy; 20. Administrative Law; 21. Legislation and Statutory Interpretation; 22. Informal and Private Dispute Resolution; PART VI: SOURCES OF LAW AND THEORIES OF JURISPRUDENCE; 23. Positivism; 24. Natural Law; 25. Rights Liberalism; 26. Formalism and Its Discontents; 27. Feminist Theory; 28. Race and Legal Theory; PART VII: THE AMERICAN JUDICIAL CONTEXT; 29. Filling the Bench; 30. The U.S. Supreme Court; 31. Relations Among Courts; 32. Litigation and the Mobilization of Law; 33. Legal Profession; 34. The Public and the Courts; PART VIII: THE POLITICAL AND POLICY ENVIRONMENT OF COURTS IN THE UNITED STATES; 35. Judicial Independence; 36. Law and Regulation; 37. Law as an Instrument of Social Reform; 38. Criminal Justice and Police; 39. Law and Political Ideologies; 40. Courts and Political Partisan Regimes; 41. Legal Consciousness; PART IX: INTERDISCIPLINARY APPROACHES TO LAW AND POLITICS; 42. Law and Society; 43. Law and Economics; 44. Law and Psychology; 45. Law and Literature; 46. Law and History; PART X: OLD AND NEW