Textbook in PDF format The Oxford Handbook of U.S. Judicial Behavior offers readers a comprehensive introduction and analysis of research regarding decision making by judges serving on federal and state courts in the U.S. Featuring contributions from leading scholars in the field, the Handbook describes and explains how the courts' political and social context, formal institutional structures, and informal norms affect judicial decision making. The Handbook also explores the impact of judges' personal attributes and preferences, as well as prevailing legal doctrine, influence, and shape case outcomes in state and federal courts. The volume also proposes avenues for future research in the various topics addressed throughout the book. PART I STAFFING THE COURT Appointing Federal Judges / Nancy Scherer Appointing Supreme Court Justices / Christine L. Nemacheck Judicial Elections: Judges and their “New-Style” Constituencies / James L. Gibson and Michael J. Nelson Federal Judicial Tenure / Albert Yoon Law Clerks / Artemus Ward PART II THE LITIGATION PROCESS AND APPELLATE REVIEW Gatekeeping and Filtering in Trial Courts / Christina L. Boyd Access to Intermediate Appellate Courts / Donald R. Songer and Susan B. Haire Agenda-Setting on the U.S. Supreme Court / Ryan J. Owens and James Sieja Courtroom Proceedings in U.S. Federal Courts / Timothy R. Johnson PART III JUDICIAL DECISION- MAKING AND OPINION CONTENT Opinion Writing / Pamela C. Corley Vertical Stare Decisis / Thomas G. Hansford Law in Judicial Decision-Making / David Klein The Strategic Analysis of Judicial Behavior and the Separation of Powers / Chad L. Westerland Judicial Review / Tom Clark The Role of Personal Attributes and Social Backgrounds on Judging / Tracey E. George and Taylor Grace Weaver Ideology and Partisanship / Justine D’Elia-Kueper and Jeffrey A. Segal The Economic Analysis of Judicial Behavior / Lee Epstein and Jack Knight PART IV JUDGES AND THEIR PUBLICS Judges and their Audiences / Lawrence Baum Interest Groups and the Judiciary / Jared Perkins and Paul M. Collins, Jr. The Relationship between Courts and Legislatures / Thomas M. Keck Courts and Executives / Jeffrey L. Yates and Scott Boddery Covering the Courts / Rorie Solberg The Supreme Court and Public Opinion / Joseph Daniel Ura and Alison Higgins Merrill Judicial Impact / Matthew E. K. Hall PART V METHODS AND APPROACHES TO STUDYING THE COURTS Cognition in the Courts: Analyzing the Use of Experiments to Study Legal Decision-Making / Eileen Braman New Measurement Technologies: A Review and Application to Nuremberg and Justice Jackson / Daniel E. Ho and Michael Morse The Use of Observational Data to Study Law and the Judiciary / Sara C. Benesh Index