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| List of Illustrations | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The Decision-Making and Agenda-Setting of the United States Supreme Court, 1888-1997 | |
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| Purpose, Outline, and Importance of the Book | |
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| The United States Supreme Court and Its Decision-Making and Agenda-Setting | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Historical Setting of the United States Supreme Court, 1888-1946 | |
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| The Court in Historical Perspective | |
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| The Fuller Court (1888-1910) | |
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| The White Court (1910-1921) | |
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| The Taft Court (1921-1930) | |
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| The Hughes Court (1930-1941) | |
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| The Stone Court (1941-1946) | |
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| Contours of Judicial Attention: Composition and Dynamics of the Workload and the Agenda of the United States Supreme Court, 1888-1997 | |
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| Data Collection Process | |
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| Size and Composition of the Court's Caseload | |
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| Major Issue Areas | |
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| Going Their Own Way: Unanimity of United States Supreme Court Decision-Making, 1888-1997 | |
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| Unanimity Explored | |
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| Unanimity Examined | |
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| Chapter Summary | |
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| Who Wins and Who Loses across Time: Liberalism of United States Supreme Court Decision-Making, 1888-1997 | |
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| Politics, Liberalism, and the Supreme Court | |
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| The Long-Run Relationship between the Supreme Court's Decision-Making Environment and Its Liberalism | |
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| Theoretical Foundation for Supreme Court Decision-Making | |
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| Models of Institutional Liberalism across Time | |
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| Fractional Integration, Nonstationarity, and Cointegration | |
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| The Long-Run Relationship between the Justices' Policy Preferences and Political Values | |
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| The Continuity of Change: The Supreme Court across Time | |
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| Overview of the Book's Findings | |
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| Importance of the Book's Findings | |
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| Suggestions for Further Research | |
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| Coding Sheet for Agenda and Decisional Data for the United States Surpeme Court, 1888-1937 | |
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| Coding Protocol for Agenda and Decisional Data for the United States Supreme Court, 1888-1937 | |
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| Notes | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |