The Judges: A Major Exploration of America's Court System and the Many Changes It Must Make
Martin Mayer, . . St. Martin's/Talley, $27.95 (450pp) ISBN 978-0-312-28975-1
Mayer believes our court system is shrouded in an unhealthy secretiveness: "The truth is that judges do not want to talk to the outside world about what it is they do." Clearly written and based on a broad range of knowledge about the U.S. legal system, this book focuses on many basic problems: the complexity of our court system, with state and federal systems, overburdened courts and untrained judges. Further, as Mayer points out, the two methods of bringing judges to the bench—appointment and election—are marred by politics and ideology. Mayer (
Reviewed on: 10/30/2006
Genre: Nonfiction