Robert A. Carp & Kenneth L. Manning 
Judicial Process in America [EPUB ebook] 

Chapter 1 Foundations of Law in the United States
Chapter 2 The Federal Judicial System
Chapter 3 State Judicial Systems
Chapter 4 Jurisdiction and Policymaking Boundaries
Chapter 5 State Judges
Chapter 6 Federal Judges
Chapter 7 Policy Links Among the Citizenry, the President, and the Federal Judiciary
Chapter 8 Lawyers, Litigants, and Interest Groups in the Judicial Process
Chapter 9 Crime and Procedures Prior to a Criminal Trial
Chapter 10 The Criminal Trial and Its Aftermath
Chapter 11 The Civil Court Process
Chapter 12 Decision Making by Trial Court Judges
Chapter 13 Decision Making in Collegial Courts
Chapter 14 Implementation and Impact of Judicial Policies
Chapter 15 Policymaking by American Judges: A Synthesis

Professor Holmes specializes in judicial politics, constitutional law, gender and law, and American politics. Her research focuses on various issues surrounding the politics of appointing federal and state court judges. Her recent work on how presidents use judicial nominees to court favor with their partisan supporters and interested groups has been published in Presidential Studies Quarterly,  American Politics Research, and the Drake Law Review. Her current project examines the implications of politicized appointment politics on the careers and attitudes of judicial nominees.