Judicial process: law, courts, and politics in the United States

Law, courts, and politics

pt. 1. Institutions of law. Law and legal systems ; Federal courts ; State courts

pt. 2. Interpreters of the law. Lawyers and legal representation ; Judges

pt. 3. Consumers of law. Mobilizing the law, litigants, interest groups, court cases, and the media

pt. 4. Trial courts. Trial courts, the preliminary stages of criminal cases ; Trial courts: how criminal cases end: bargaining and sentencing ; Trial courts: how civil cases begin ; Trial courts: how civil cases end ; Trials and juries

pt. 5. Appellate review. The appellate process ; The Supreme Court: deciding what to decide ; The Supreme Court: the justices and their decisions.