Majority Rule Or Minority Will: Adherence to Precedent on the U.S. Supreme CourtThis book, first published in 1999, examines the influence of precedent on the behavior of the US Supreme Court justices. |
Contents
PRECEDENT AND THE COURT | 1 |
Legal Moderates | 12 |
Theoretical Expectations | 21 |
PRECEDENTIAL BEHAVIOR FROM THE BEGINNING | 45 |
The Chase Court | 68 |
PRECEDENTIAL BEHAVIOR BRIDGING | 77 |
Conclusion | 123 |
PRECEDENTIAL BEHAVIOR IN THE WARREN COURT | 163 |
Other editions - View all
Majority Rule or Minority Will: Adherence to Precedent on the U.S. Supreme Court Harold J. Spaeth,Jeffrey A. Segal No preview available - 2001 |
Majority Rule or Minority Will: Adherence to Precedent on the U.S. Supreme Court Harold J. Spaeth,Jeffrey A. Segal No preview available - 1999 |
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