THE FEDERAL COURTS

1 (p1): 1. History, Function, and Organization of the Federal Judiciary
1 (p1-1): The Historical Context
3 (p1-2): The U.S. Supreme Court
13 (p1-3): The U.S. Courts of Appeals
23 (p1-4): U.S. District Courts
28 (p1-5): Constitutional Courts and Legislative Courts
30 (p1-6): The Federal Courts in the American Political System
33 (p1-7): Summary
37 (p2): 2. Jurisdiction, Workload, and Policy-Making Boundaries
37 (p2-1): U.S. District Courts
41 (p2-2): U.S. Courts of Appeals
43 (p2-3): U.S. Supreme Court
45 (p2-4): Jurisdiction and Congressional Politics
47 (p2-5): Judicial Self-Restraint
58 (p2-6): Summary
61 (p3): 3. Administrative and Staff Support in the Federal Judiciary
62 (p3-1): A Brief History of the Judicial Administration Movement
65 (p3-2): Major Administrative Support Structures
74 (p3-3): Personnel Support
86 (p3-4): Summary
89 (p4): 4. The Federal Judges
89 (p4-1): Background Characteristics
98 (p4-2): Formal and Informal Qualifications
102 (p4-3): The Selection Process and Its Participants
111 (p4-4): Policy Links Between the Citizenry, the President, and the Federal Judiciary
121 (p4-5): The Judicial Socialization Process
125 (p4-6): The Retirement and Removal of Federal Judges
129 (p4-7): Summary
133 (p5): 5. The Decision-Making Process
133 (p5-1): The Decision-Making Environment
135 (p5-2): The Legal Subculture
141 (p5-3): The Democratic Subculture
161 (p5-4): The Subcultures as Predictors
166 (p5-5): Summary
173 (p6): 6. Decision Making: The Special Case of Collegial Courts
174 (p6-1): Cue Theory
176 (p6-2): Small-Group Analysis
189 (p6-3): Attitude Theory and Bloc-Formation Analysis
193 (p6-4): Fact Pattern Analysis
195 (p6-5): Summary
199 (p7): 7. Implementation and Impact of Federal Judicial Policies
200 (p7-1): The Impact of Upper-Court Decisions on Lower Courts
207 (p7-2): Congressional Influences on the Implementation Process
209 (p7-3): Executive Influences on the Implementation Process
212 (p7-4): Other Implementers
214 (p7-5): The Impact…