Supreme Court Decision-Making New Institutionalist Approaches

Name: Supreme Court Decision-Making New Institutionalist Approaches
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ISBN: 9780226109558

ISBN-10: 0226109550

ISBN-13: 9780226109558

Edition: 1998 (Reprint)

Authors: Cornell W. Clayton, Howard Gillman

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What influences decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court? For decades social scientists focused on the ideology of individual justices. Supreme Court Decision Making moves beyond this focus by exploring how justices are influenced by the distinctive features of courts as institutions and their place in the political system.Drawing on interpretive-historical institutionalism as well as rational choice theory, a group of leading scholars consider such factors as the influence of jurisprudence, the unique characteristics of supreme courts, the dynamics of coalition building, and the effects of social movements. The volume's distinguished contributors and broad range make it essential reading for…

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List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 1998
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 1/1/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 358
Size: 0.60" wide x 0.91" long x 0.08" tall
Weight: 1.034
Language: English



List of Figures and Tables


Acknowledgments


Introduction


Beyond Judicial Attitudes: Institutional Approaches to Supreme Court Decision-Making




Conceptualizing the Supreme Court as an Institution



The Supreme Court and Political Jurisprudence: New and Old Institutionalisms




Strategy and Judicial Choice: New Institutionalist Approaches to Supreme Court Decision-Making




The Court as an Idea, Not a Building (or a Game): Interpretive Institutionalism and the Analysis of Supreme Court Decision-Making




Legal Norms and the Internal Structure of Supreme Court Decision-Making



Institutional Norms and Supreme Court Opinions: On Reconsidering the Rise of Individual Opinions




The Incidence and Structure of Dissensus on a State Supreme Court




The Chief Justice and Judicial Decision-Making: The Institutional Basis for Leadership on the Supreme Court




The Supreme Court and the Development of the Welfare State: Judicial Liberalism and the Problem of Welfare Rights




Institutional Norms and Supreme Court Decision-Making: The Rehnquist Court on Privacy and Religion




Extra-Judicial Influences on Supreme Court Decision-Making



Recruitment and the Motivations of Supreme Court Justices




Mapping Out the Strategic Terrain: The Informational Role of Amici Curiae




Supreme Court Deference to Congress: An Examination of the Marksist Model




External Pressure and the Supreme Court's Agenda




State Supreme Courts and Their Environments: Avenues to General Theories of Judicial Choice



References


Cases Cited


Contributors


Index