BIBLIOGRAPHY ON COURTS, LAW, AND THE JUDICIAL PROCESS

Richard A. Brisbin, Jr,
Department of Political Science
West Virginia University
Box 6317
Morgantown, WV 26506-6317
January 2005

Copyright by Richard A. Brisbin, Jr.


General Information

The following bibliography initially was prepared for the use of students at West Virginia University. Any additions or corrections should be sent to the author at: Richard.Brisbin@mail.wvu.edu

The bibliography has 10 parts or files containing references to material on the following general topics.

Part 1. I. The Scope of Interdisciplinary Study of Legal and Judicial Politics.

II. The Constitutive and Prescriptive Meaning of Law (inc. jurisprudence)

Part 2. III. The Instrumental Practice of Law: Policymaking and Political Ordering through Disputing in Civil Cases (Disputing and Alternative Dispute Resolution; Administrative Law; The Legal Profession in the U.S.; Interest Group Litigation)

Part 3. IV. Policy formulation in civil litigation at the trial court level (Legal Procedures, Judicial Behavior, and Policy Outcomes in the United States)

Part 4 V. Criminal Legal Process in the United States

Part 5. VI. The Instrumental Practice of Law: Policymaking by Appellate Courts in the United States

Part 6. VII. "Reform" and change of the legal policy making process in the U. S.: Trial and Appellate

Part 7. VIII. American Constitutional Law: Constitutional Law and Constitutional Development: Part A: Constitutional Theory and Governmental Powers

Part 8. VIII. Continued: American Constitutional Law: Constitutional Law and Constitutional Development: Part B: Rights and Liberties

Part 9. IX. Comparative Law, Courts, and Judicial Behavior: National Legal Traditions and Practices

Part 10. X. Comparative Law, Courts, and Judicial Behavior: Traditional and Modernizing Societies

XI. International Law and Courts

Format

Journal citations are abbreviated.
Citations to law journals follow abbreviations in the Bluebook or Uniform System of Citation.
Other citations are:

AJoPS = American Journal of Political Science
APSR = American Political Science Review
J. = Journal
JoP = Journal of Politics
Just. = Justice
L.= Law
L&SInq = Law and Social Inquiry
L&SR = Law and Society Review
Leg. = Legal
Nego. = Negotiation
PRQ = Political Research Quarterly
Q = Quarterly
Res. = Research
Rev. = Review
Soc. = Social
Socio. = Sociological
Stud. = Studies
Sys. = System
WPQ= Western Political Quarterly