Making Law in the United States Courts of Appeals » (1st Edition)

Federal court judges are influenced by colleagues when deciding cases with unsettled law issues.

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Even if a particular appeals court is a mid- or low-level component of the larger American judicial system, it often has the power to alter legal policy substantially where the Supreme Court has yet to rule. Klein (government and foreign affairs, U. of Virginia) explores the legal and behavioral facets of this phenomena, specifically focusing on questions of how judges react to the situation, whether the decisions of judges of equal stature affect their judgment, and under what circumstances are other decisions more or less likely to have an impact. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)