Richard L. Pacelle, Brett W. Curry, Bryan W. Marshall

Decision Making by the Modern Supreme Court

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Produktbeschreibung

This book advances an integrated model of Supreme Court decision making that incorporates variables from the models of Supreme Court decision making.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 278
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2011
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 608g
• ISBN-13: 9780521888974
• ISBN-10: 0521888972
• Artikelnr.: 33217489

Autorenporträt

Richard L. Pacelle, Jr, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at Georgia Southern University. His work is concerned with public law generally and the US Supreme Court and separation of powers more specifically. He is the author of three previous books: The Transformation of the Supreme Court's Agenda: From the New Deal to the Reagan Administration; The Supreme Court in American Politics: The Least Dangerous Branch of Government? (winner of a 2002 Choice Outstanding Titles Award); and Between Law and Politics: The Solicitor General and the Structuring of Race, Gender and Reproductive Rights Policy, as well as a number of journal articles and chapters in edited volumes.

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Supreme Court: the nation's balance wheel
2. Heuristic models of judicial decision making
3. Building an integrated model of decision making
4. Decision making on the modern Supreme Court: examining the influences
5. Building a new legacy: constitutional civil liberties and civil rights
6. Sharing the protection of minorities: statutory civil rights and individual liberties
7. Avoiding another self-inflicted wound: constitutional economic cases
8. Policing the boundaries: statutory economic issues
9. Conclusion: decision making on the modern Supreme Court.