Murphy, Walter F. creator Pritchett, Herman C. Epstein, Lee Knight, Jack text xxu New York McGraw Hill c2006 6th ed. monographic eng

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xxi, 783 p.: 23cm. Contents: The Nature of judging: Political jurisprudence -- Courts in constitutional democracies -- The American legal system: judicial organization -- Judicial selection and retention -- The Bar -- Judicial power: access to judicial power -- Instruments of judicial power -- Limitations on judicial power -- Judicial decision making: fact finding in the courts -- Precedents and legal reasoning -- Statutory interpretation -- Constitutional interpretation -- The Processes of judicial decision making -- The Impact of judicial decisions. Walter F. Murphy et al... Includes index. Judicial process KF8700.A7 C67 0072977051 120621