Introduction: The Law and The Courts
The Nature of Law
Common Law and Statutory Law
Some Additional Legal Definitions and Concepts
Staffing the Courts
Selection
Tenure of Office
Qualifications and Motivations: The United States
"Packing the Court" and the Nominees' "Real" Politics
On the Role of the United States Senate
Qualifications and Experience: The Special Cases of England and France
Courts, Courtrooms, and Juries
Types of Courts: Trial and Appellate
Courtroom Procedure: General
Vox Dei or Vox Populi in Action: The Juries
Selection and Impaneling of Juries
From Offense to Trial: A Procedural Note
Courts at Home: I--The Lesser Tribunals
A Dual System of Courts
The State Courts
The Federal Courts
Courts at Home: II--The Supreme Court
At the Zenith: The U.S. Supreme Court
The U.S. Supreme Court at Work
Behind Closed Doors
Outside Influences on Court Personnel
Courts Abroad
The Courts of England and Wales
The Courts of France
Judicial Review: I--The Supreme Power
Defining Judicial Review
Judicial Review Board
Judicial Review at Home
Judicial Review: II--Controversy and Limitations
Judicial Review in a Democratic State: Saint or Sinner?
Drawing the Line--Or Attempting to Do So
Judges Limited: The Taught Tradition of the Law
Other Limitations on Judicial Power and Effectiveness
Machtkampf: The Supreme Court in the Political Power
Coda: A Realistic Bulwark
The Sixteen Great Maxims of Judicial Self-Restraint
The Bulwark
Appendixes
Members of the Supreme Court of the United States
Table of Succession of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States
Bibliographical
Note Index