Contribution to Book
Leadership in the Judicial Context: Understanding Chief Justices
The Quest for Leadership: Thomas E. Cronin and His Influence on Presidential Studies and Political Science
(2015)
Abstract
Leadership is often studied through the lens of executive and legislative contexts. The judiciary has not received the same attention, which is unfortunate because understanding leadership in the judiciary requires more than simply applying existing leadership studies to judges. Studying judicial leadership requires paying careful attention to the particular institutional contexts within which judges work. The constraints and opportunities are distinct in important ways from those faced by executives and legislatures. This is not to say that leadership is unimportant in the judicial context or that existing studies of leadership do not recognize the importance of institutional constraints. Rather, it is to argue that understanding judicial leadership requires scholars to pay careful attention to when and how that leadership can emerge and operate in its particular context.
Keywords
- Leadership,
- Judiciary,
- Institutional constraints,
- Judicial leadership
Disciplines
- Courts,
- Judges and
- Law and Politics
Publication Date
September, 2015
Editor
Michael Genovese
Publisher
Cambria Press
Series
Politics, Institutions, and Public Policy in America (PIPPA) book series (Editors: Scott Frisch and Sean Kelly)
ISBN
9781604979107
Publisher Statement
© Cambria Press
Citation Information
Christopher Shortell. "Leadership in the Judicial Context: Understanding Chief Justices" Amherst NYThe Quest for Leadership: Thomas E. Cronin and His Influence on Presidential Studies and Political Science (2015) Available at: http://works.bepress.com/christopher-shortell/11/