Courts, Judges, and Politics: An Introduction to the Judicial Process

by Walter F. Murphy, C. Herman Pritchett

This classic reader has been a best selling component to the Judicial Process/Judicial Politics/American Legal System course for years. Now thoroughly updated while retaining the features that made it attractive for so organization,structure,coverage,narrative,choice of excerpts,and flexibility in use,Lee Epstein and Walter Murphy continue the tradition of this book.

Genres: Nonfiction, Law

657 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1974

About the author

Walter F. Murphy is a 20th century American political scientist and writer. He won a Distinguished Service Cross for his service as a Marine in Korea, eventually retiring with the rank of colonel. He held the chair of McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton. His professional writing, consisting mostly of non-fiction works on political science, includes the classic Constitutional Democracy; he has also written three popular novels.

Reviews

[Kw Estes]

A very well-organized and finely-written TEXTBOOK about a subject that is (to me, at least) highly intriguing. Really makes one think about where the courts of the US stand in relation to the society surrounding them. Introduced me to a whole new language (legalese, I suppose) and way of getting one's point across. The essays at the end of the chapters demonstrate what bright individuals some of those who have 'made it big' in the legal realm really are.

[Michelle C.]

Fantastic, well written, and thorough.

[Jeg Sering]

Interesting book for those who wants to obtain a deeper understanding of the American court system.