Sterett, M. Susan; Walker, D. Lee --- "Research Handbook on Law and Courts" (Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019) [2019] ELECD 2315

Editor(s): Sterett, M. Susan; Walker, D. Lee

Title: Research Handbook on Law and Courts

Series: Research Handbooks in Law and Politics

Topics: Criminal Law and Justice

Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing

Date of Publication: 8 October 2019

Number of pages: c 512

Abstract/Description:

The Research Handbook on Law and Courts provides a systematic analysis of new work on courts as governing institutions. Authors consider how courts have taken on regulating fundamental categories of inclusion and exclusion, including citizenship rights. Courts’ centrality to governance is addressed in sections on judicial processes, sub-national courts, and political accountability, all analyzed in multiple legal/political systems. Other chapters turn to analyzing the worldwide push for diversity in staffing courts. Finally, the digitization of records changes both court processes and studying courts. Authors included in the Handbook discuss theoretical, empirical and methodological approaches to studying courts as governing institutions. They also identify promising areas of future research.