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Acknowledgments | |
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Introduction | |
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An Area of Confusion | |
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Moving Forward | |
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Plan of the Book | |
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Interest Group Litigation | |
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Interest Groups Defined | |
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The Decision to Litigate | |
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Methods of Interest Group Litigation | |
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The Goal(s) of Amicus Participation | |
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Summary and Conclusions | |
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Amicus Curiae Participation in the Supreme Court | |
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The History of Amici Curiae: From Friendship to Advocacy | |
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Rules and Norms | |
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Levels of Amicus Participation | |
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Amicus Participation by Issue Area | |
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Ideological Positions Advocated by the Amici | |
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Who Participates? | |
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Types of Information Supplied by Amicus Briefs | |
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Summary and Conclusions | |
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Amici Curiae and Judicial Decision Making | |
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Chapter Overview | |
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Models of Judicial Decision Making | |
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The Legal Model | |
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The Attitudinal Model | |
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The Legal and Attitudinal Models: A Shared Characteristic | |
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Amici Curiae and Judicial Decision Making: Two Approaches | |
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Legal Persuasion and Amici Curiae | |
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The Attitudinal Model and Amici Curiae | |
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Overview and Clarification | |
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Modeling the Influence of Amici Curiae | |
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Other Influences on the Ideological Direction of the Vote | |
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Empirical Results | |
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Summary and Conclusions | |
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Amici Curiae and the Consistency of Judicial Decision Making | |
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The Importance of Understanding Variability in Decision Making | |
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Amici Curiae and the Consistency of Judicial Choice | |
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Modeling the Influence of Amici Curiae | |
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Other Influences on the Consistency of Judicial Decision Making | |
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Empirical Results | |
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Summary and Conclusions | |
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Amici Curiae and Dissensus on the Supreme Court | |
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The Importance of Understanding Separate Opinions | |
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Amicus Curiae Briefs: A Misapplied Surrogate for Salience | |
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The Influence of Amicus Briefs on Concurrences and Dissents | |
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Modeling the Influence of Amici Curiae | |
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Other Influences on Dissensus | |
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Empirical Results | |
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Summary and Conclusions | |
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Conclusions and Implications | |
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Amicus Participation: The Empirical Findings and Their Normative Implications | |
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Amicus Influence: The Empirical Findings and Their Normative Implications | |
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Future Research | |
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Data and Data Reliability | |
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The Kearney and Merrill Database | |
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The Original Data Collection | |
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Identifying the Liberal and Conservative Nature of the Amicus Curiae Briefs | |
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A Final Word on Methodology | |
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References | |
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Table of Cases | |
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Index | |