00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000004534 09179/MKRI-P/X-2008 20221109111340 0010-0520004534 221109################|##########|#eng## 521785081 eng 347.7326 347.7326 SEG s Segal, Jeffrey A. Supreme Court in the American Legal System / Jeffrey A.Segal [et.al] New York : Harvard University Press, 2005 xiv,409p.;24cm. ; 24cm. Indeks : p393-409 This 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. United States. Supreme Court Courts - United States Harold J. Spaeth Sara C. Benesh 09179/MKRI-P/X-2008