Porto, Brian L. <br/><br/>
May it please the court :  judicial processes and politics in America / 
Brian L. Porto. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Boca Raton :  CRC Press/Taylor & Francis Group,  c2009. 
 - xix, 360 p. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>1. Courts and judges in the political process. - 2. American courts - structures and procedures. - 3. Lawyers and lawyering. - 4. Judicial selection and removal. - 5. Norm enforcement - the criminal justice process. - 6. Dispute resolution - the civil justice process. - 7. Policy making - the appellate process. - 8. Legal and political influences on judicial decision making. - 9. The limits of judicial policy making. - 10. Summary and conclusion. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781420067675 (pbk.) 1420067672 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Political questions and judicial power--United States.<br/>Justice, Administration of--Political aspects--United States.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>347.73  / POR