Michael K Romano, Todd A Curry

Creating the Law

State Supreme Court Opinions and The Effect of Audiences

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Creating the Law gives students the tools for understanding how institutional variation affects judicial outcomes and shows how language relates to decision making in the judiciary more specifically.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. September 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 157mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781138616837
• ISBN-10: 1138616834
• Artikelnr.: 57782416

Autorenporträt

Michael K. Romano received his Ph.D. in 2014 from Western Michigan University and is an Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department at Shenandoah University. His research focuses on how elite actors - specifically judges in both the federal and state courts in the United States and members of Congress - craft language in order to affect policy goals and political outcomes. His work has been published in Justice System Journal, Social Science Quarterly, and PS: Political Science & Politics. Todd A. Curry received his Ph.D. in political science at Western Michigan University in 2012, and is an Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department at University of Texas, El Paso. His primary area of research is State Courts of Last Resort in the United States, as well as indigenous peoples and the law and diversity in higher education. His work has been published in Justice System Journal, American Review of Politics, PS: Political Science & Politics, and The Journal of Politics.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Judicial Representation, Written Opinions, and Audiences
3. Writing for An Audience: Framing and Opinion Content 4. Accommodating
for Dissent: The Effect of Minority Voices on Majority Opinions 5.
Efficiency or Strategy: Per Curiam Usage on State Supreme Courts 6. The
Political Ramifications of Opinion Content: Unanimity and Strategic Writing
7. Conclusion Appendix A Appendix B