The conscientious justice how Supreme Court justices' personalities influence the law, the high court, and the Constitution
United States Supreme Court justices make decisions that have a profound impact on American society. Empirical legal scholars have portrayed justices as either single-minded or strategic seekers of policy, and there is little room in these theories for things like law, reputation, or personality. Th...
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| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2020
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- A Theory About Justices and Conscientiousness
- Measuring Justices' Conscientiousness
- Conscientiousness and Supreme Court Agenda Setting
- Conscientiousness and Legal Persuasion
- Conscientiousness and the United States Solicitor General
- Conscientiousness and Majority Opinion Assignments
- Conscientiousness and Opinion Bargaining
- Conscientiousness and Supreme Court Opinion
- Conscientiousness and the Treatment of Precedent
- Conscientiousness and Public Opinion
- Conscientiousness and Recusal
- Conclusion