Interest in social science and empirical analyses of law, courts and specifically the politics of judges has never been higher or more salient. Consequently, th

The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Judicial Behavior offers readers a comprehensive introduction and analysis of research regarding decision making by judges serving o

Interest in social science and empirical analyses of law, courts and specifically the politics of judges has never been higher or more salient. Consequently, th

What motivates judges as decision makers? Political scientist Lawrence Baum offers a new perspective on this crucial question, a perspective based on judges' in

From local trial courts to the United States Supreme Court, judges' decisions affect the fates of individual litigants and the fate of the nation as a whole. Sc