Are judges political? :  an empirical analysis of the federal judiciary / 
Cass R. Sunstein ... [et al.]. 
 - Washington, D.C. :  Brookings Institution Press,  c2006. 
 - x, 177 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Studying judges with numbers -- Ideological votes and ideological panels -- Nonideological voting and entrenched views -- Explaining the data : conformity, group polarization, and the rule of law -- The case of big decisions : of segregation, abortion, and obscenity -- More conservative than thou?  judicial voting across circuits, across presidents, and over time -- What should be done? of politics, judging, and diversity. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780815782346 (cloth : alk. paper) 0815782349 (cloth : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2006012477 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Judges--United States.<br/>Judicial process--United States.<br/>Political questions and judicial power--United States.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>KF8775  / .A97 2006 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>347.73/14