Political Science 417
Professor Kritzer

Fall, 2002-03
Paper Topics

THE AMERICAN JUDICIAL SYSTEM

Paper Topics Used in Past Years

Note that this list is based on papers submitted in prior years, and is provided only for purposes of illustration.

1. Creation of the Intermediate Court of Appeals in Wisconsin: Interactions of a Political System

2. Politics of the Supreme Court: The Abe Fortas Debacle

3. A Woman's Place Is in the House -- The Courthouse!

4. An Analysis of Relevant Factors in the Abolition of Wisconsin's Death Penalty

5. Police and Prosecutor: A View of Their Relationship

6. The Function of Voir Dire: Attorneys' Perspectives

7. Paralegalism: A Struggle for Identity

8. The Losers, the Winners, and the Incumbents: Wisconsin Circuit Court Elections (1900-1978)

9. Wisconsin: The Making of an Intermediate Appellate Court

10. Desegregation Comes to Baytown, Texas

11. The Evolution of Methods for Judicial Censure, Discipline, Removal, and Retirement in Wisconsin

12. Bates vs State Bar Association of Arizona: The Effects of Legal Service Advertising on Professionalism

13. Political Influence on the National Labor Relations Board

14. The Effective, Democratic Jury and Threats to Its Existence

15. Controlling the Judiciary: A Study of Selected State Mechanisms for Discipline and Removal.

16. Contingent Fees and Medical Malpractice: The Wisconsin Debate

17. Organization and Decision-Making in a Large Law Firm

18. The Second National Court of Appeals Proposal and Discord within the Federal Judiciary

19. Role Orientations of Wisconsin Trial Judges

Last Updated on August 18, 2002
By Bert Kritzer