Search Results - person:"Hartley, Roger E."

State Budget Politics and Judicial Independence : An Emerging Crisis for the Courts as a Political Branch

Hartley, Roger E. - 2013

Courts face a "catch-22" as a independent branch. On one hand court officials feel the need to remain "above politics" in order to secure the legitimacy of the branch and to remain independent. On other hand, courts must negotiate the very political budget process, interact effectively with the...

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The Fly Ball Effect : A Theoretical Framework for Understanding the Impacts of Short-Term Seed Grants

Douglas, James W. - 2013

The federal government has long used grants-in-aid to encourage state and local governments to carry out federal policies. Little research has been done that examines how short-term seed grants affect program continuation. We propose the “fly ball effect” as a theoretical framework for...

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The fly ball effect : a theoretical framework for understanding the impacts of short-term seed grants

Douglas, James W.; Hartley, Roger E. - 2011

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A Profile of State Appellate Court Decision Making : Rape Shield and Conviction Appeals

Hartley, Roger E. - 2009

This paper offers a profile of state appellate court interpretation of rape shield provisions from the 50 states. Studying the corpus of appeals of rape convictions where the shield provision was challenged, we examine about 500 decisions of intermediate appellated decisions and courts of last...

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Making the Case for Court Funding : The Important Role of Lobbying

Douglas, James W. - 2009

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Budgeting for State Courts : The Perceptions of Key Officials Regarding the Determinants of Budget Success

Hartley, Roger E. - 2009

While much has been made of the financial crisis affecting state courts in the early 2000s, there has been little research on court budgeting and the politics that affect it, especially concerning factors that lead to budgetary success. In this study we assess the determinants of budget success...

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Sustaining Drug Courts in Arizona and South Carolina : An Experience in Hodgepodge Budgeting

Douglas, James W. - 2009

Douglas and Hartley provide data that indicates that drug courts face budgetary and resource hurdles in their effort to become institutionalized reforms to courts. Drug courts commonly adopt what the authors call "hodgepodege budgeting" strategies where ingenuity, opportunity, and luck seperate...

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Putting Yourself in Their Shoes : The Analysis of Real-World Disputes through Group Field Projects

Hartley, Roger E. - 2009

This article seeks to explain the development and use of group field projects to analyze real-world public policy disputes in a course on conflict management. In the process of learning about the evolution of disputes, their management, and techniques for resolution, students are assigned to...

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Intergovernmental Relations and the Courts : How Does an Independent Branch Play Politics?

Hartley, Roger E. - 2009

The American Judiciary faces a "catch 22". As an independent branch, courts are expected to remain "above" politics, yet they must enter the political process to obtain their resources, to fight for and against policies that might impact them, and to even repel attacks on their power. The...

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State Court Strategies and Politics during the Appropriations Process

Douglas, James W.; Hartley, Roger E. - 2009

This article explores state court budgetary strategies and their effectiveness in the appropriations process as perceived by key budgeting actors. In general, we find evidence of state judiciaries that try to remain “above politics” when dealing with budget issues. The most important...

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