Oral Arguments and Decision Making on the United States Supreme Court (American Constitutionalism)

Johnson, Timothy R.

ISBN 10: 0791461033 / ISBN 13: 9780791461037

Editore: State Univ of New York Pr (edition ), 2004

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• Titolo: Oral Arguments and Decision Making on the United States Supreme Court (American Constitutionalism)
• Editore: State Univ of New York Pr (edition )
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0791461033
• ISBN 13: 9780791461037
• Rilegatura: Hardcover
• Condizione: Very Good

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Riassunto

Timothy R. Johnson focuses on an all-too-often ignored aspect of the Supreme Court's decision-making process by providing a systematic explanation of how justices use oral arguments to make substantive legal and policy decisions. Using the arguments filed to the Court in legal briefs, oral argument transcripts, notes taken by Justice Lewis F. Powell during oral arguments, conference notes and internal memos of justices, and Court opinions, the book analyzes justices' behavior during these proceedings. The result is an impressive account demonstrating that justices use oral arguments to gather information regarding legal and policy options in a case, the preferences of competing political institutions and actors, and institutional rules that might affect the choices they make.

Informazioni sull?autore

Timothy R. Johnson is Morse Alumni Distinguished Teaching Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnesota at Twin Cities. He is the coauthor (with Christopher P. Gilbert, David A. M. Peterson, and Paul A. Djupe) of Religious Institutions and Minor Parties in the United States.