01641 2200265 4500001002100000005001500021035002000036008004100056020001400097041000800111082001300119084001900132100002200151245007400173260004800247300002900295500002200324520088100346650003301227650002701260700002101287700001901308990002401327990002401351INLIS00000000000453420221109111340 a0010-0520004534221109 | | eng  a521785081 aeng a347.7326 a347.7326 SEG s0 aSegal, Jeffrey A.14aSupreme Court in the American Legal System /cJeffrey A.Segal [et.al] aNew York :bHarvard University Press,c2005 axiv,409p.;24cm. ;c24cm. aIndeks : p393-409 aThis book examines the American legal system, including a comprehensive treatment of the U.S. Supreme Court. Desprite this treatment, the in of the title deserves emphasis, for the authors extensively examine lower courts, providing separate chapters on state courts, the U.S. District Courts, and the U.S. Courts of Appeals. The book analyzes these courts from a legal/extralegal framework, drawing different conclusions about the relative influence of each based on institutional structures and empirical evidence. The book is also tied together through its attention to the relationship between lower courts and the Supreme Court. Additionally, election 2000 litigation provides a common substantive topic linking many of the chapters. Finally, it provides extended coverage of the legal process, with separate chapters on civil procedure, evidence, and criminal procedure. 4aUnited States. Supreme Court 4aCourts - United States0 aHarold J. Spaeth0 aSara C. Benesh a09179/MKRI-P/X-2008 a09179/MKRI-P/X-2008