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2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2019-2020 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PS 367 Judicial Politics

Fall-Spring Semester

A study of the history and politics of the federal judiciary.  Topics include the extra-legal conditions that impact the behavior of courts such as public opinion and ideology, the methods of judicial selection, the policy making capacity of judicial institutions including judicial review, the judicial protection of constitutional rights and libterties, the social impact of courts, and the comparative theories of judicial decision-making and empowerment.

3 credit hours