Supreme Court Decision-Making
New Institutionalist Approaches
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Table of Contents
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Beyond Judicial Attitudes: Institutional Approaches to Supreme Court Decision-Making
Howard Gillman and Cornell W. Clayton
Part One: Conceptualizing the Supreme Court as an Institution
1. The Supreme Court and Political Jurisprudence: New and Old Institutionalisms
Cornell W. Clayton
2. Strategy and Judicial Choice: New Institutionalist Approaches to Supreme Court Decision-Making
Forrest Maltzman, James F. Spriggs II, and Paul J. Wahlbeck
3. The Court as an Idea, Not a Building (or a Game): Interpretive Institutionalism and the Analysis of Supreme Court Decision-Making
Howard Gillman
Part Two: Legal Norms and the Internal Structure of Supreme Court Decision-Making
4. Institutional Norms and Supreme Court Opinions: On Reconsidering the Rise of Individual Opinions
David M. O’Brien
5. The Incidence and Structure of Dissensus on a State Supreme Court
Charles H. Sheldon
6. The Chief Justice and Judicial Decision-Making: The Institutional Basis for Leadership on the Supreme Court
Sue Davis
7. The Supreme Court and the Development of the Welfare State: Judicial Liberalism and the Problem of Welfare Rights
Elizabeth Bussiere
8. Institutional Norms and Supreme Court Decision-Making: The Rehnquist Court on Privacy and Religion
Ronald Kahn
Part Three: Extra-Judicial Influences on Supreme Court Decision-Making
9. Recruitment and the Motivations of Supreme Court Justices
Lawrence Baum
10. Mapping Out the Strategic Terrain: The Informational Role of Amici Curiae
Lee Epstein and Jack Knight
11. Supreme Court Deference to Congress: An Examination of the Marksist Model
Jeffrey A. Segal
12. External Pressure and the Supreme Court’s Agenda
Charles R. Epp
13. State Supreme Courts and Their Environments: Avenues to General Theories of Judicial Choice
Melinda Gann Hall and Paul Brace
References
Cases Cited
Contributors
Index
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Beyond Judicial Attitudes: Institutional Approaches to Supreme Court Decision-Making
Howard Gillman and Cornell W. Clayton
Part One: Conceptualizing the Supreme Court as an Institution
1. The Supreme Court and Political Jurisprudence: New and Old Institutionalisms
Cornell W. Clayton
2. Strategy and Judicial Choice: New Institutionalist Approaches to Supreme Court Decision-Making
Forrest Maltzman, James F. Spriggs II, and Paul J. Wahlbeck
3. The Court as an Idea, Not a Building (or a Game): Interpretive Institutionalism and the Analysis of Supreme Court Decision-Making
Howard Gillman
Part Two: Legal Norms and the Internal Structure of Supreme Court Decision-Making
4. Institutional Norms and Supreme Court Opinions: On Reconsidering the Rise of Individual Opinions
David M. O’Brien
5. The Incidence and Structure of Dissensus on a State Supreme Court
Charles H. Sheldon
6. The Chief Justice and Judicial Decision-Making: The Institutional Basis for Leadership on the Supreme Court
Sue Davis
7. The Supreme Court and the Development of the Welfare State: Judicial Liberalism and the Problem of Welfare Rights
Elizabeth Bussiere
8. Institutional Norms and Supreme Court Decision-Making: The Rehnquist Court on Privacy and Religion
Ronald Kahn
Part Three: Extra-Judicial Influences on Supreme Court Decision-Making
9. Recruitment and the Motivations of Supreme Court Justices
Lawrence Baum
10. Mapping Out the Strategic Terrain: The Informational Role of Amici Curiae
Lee Epstein and Jack Knight
11. Supreme Court Deference to Congress: An Examination of the Marksist Model
Jeffrey A. Segal
12. External Pressure and the Supreme Court’s Agenda
Charles R. Epp
13. State Supreme Courts and Their Environments: Avenues to General Theories of Judicial Choice
Melinda Gann Hall and Paul Brace
References
Cases Cited
Contributors
Index
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