The View from the Bench and Chambers: Examining Judicial Process and Decision Making on the U.S. Courts of Appeals

At once building on and contributing to this wave of scholarship, melds a series of quantitative analyses of judicial decisions with the perspectives gained from in-depth interviews with the judges and their law clerks. This multifaceted approach yields a level of insight beyond that provided by any previous work on appellate courts in the United States, making the most comprehensive and rich account of the operation of these courts to date.