The view from the bench and chambers [electronic resource] : examining judicial process and decision making on the U.S. Courts of Appeals / Jennifer Barnes Bowie, Donald R. Songer, and John Szmer.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The judges and cases -- The preliminaries: setting the agenda, oral argument, and assigning the opinion of the court -- Decision making and writing the opinion of the court -- Separate opinion writing on the courts of appeals -- Explaining attitudinal and legal influences on decisions -- Strategic accounts of decision making -- The congruence of social science and the perceptions of the judges.

Description based on print version record.