Friends of the Supreme Court: Interest Groups and Judicial Decision MakingOxford University Press, 2008 M08 15 - 248 páginas The U.S. Supreme Court is a public policy battleground in which organized interests attempt to etch their economic, legal, and political preferences into law through the filing of amicus curiae ("friend of the court") briefs. In Friends of the Supreme Court: Interest Groups and Judicial Decision Making, Paul M. Collins, Jr. explores how organized interests influence the justices' decision making, including how the justices vote and whether they choose to author concurrences and dissents. Collins presents theories of judicial choice derived from disciplines as diverse as law, marketing, political science, and social psychology. This theoretically rich and empirically rigorous treatment of decision-making on the nation's highest court, which represents the most comprehensive examination ever undertaken of the influence of U.S. Supreme Court amicus briefs, provides clear evidence that interest groups play a significant role in shaping the justices' choices. |
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... role in shaping its course, it is the audience who, according to Schattschneider, “do the kinds of things that determine the outcome of the fight” (2). While Schattschneider's analogy was principally intended to underscore the ...
... role in shaping its course, it is the audience who, according to Schattschneider, “do the kinds of things that determine the outcome of the fight” (2). While Schattschneider's analogy was principally intended to underscore the ...
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... role of amicus briefs in American jurisprudence comports with the fact that the courts serve as battlegrounds for social and economic policy (Jhering 1913). In this mode, rather than merely deciding narrow legal controversies with ...
... role of amicus briefs in American jurisprudence comports with the fact that the courts serve as battlegrounds for social and economic policy (Jhering 1913). In this mode, rather than merely deciding narrow legal controversies with ...
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... role in educating the judges on potentially relevant technical matters, helping make us not experts, but moderately educated lay persons, and that education helps to improve the quality of our decisions. (1998: 26) Justice O'Connor ...
... role in educating the judges on potentially relevant technical matters, helping make us not experts, but moderately educated lay persons, and that education helps to improve the quality of our decisions. (1998: 26) Justice O'Connor ...
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... role in lobbying the courts (Bentley 1908). While Truman's (1951) study of interest groups in the United States provided further evidence to corroborate Bentley's (1908) assertions regarding interest group participation in the judiciary ...
... role in lobbying the courts (Bentley 1908). While Truman's (1951) study of interest groups in the United States provided further evidence to corroborate Bentley's (1908) assertions regarding interest group participation in the judiciary ...
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... role in environmental litigation, it is unclear whether this group influence is limited to environmental law, a function of the groups being studied, or is more generally applicable to Supreme Court litigation as a whole. Moreover ...
... role in environmental litigation, it is unclear whether this group influence is limited to environmental law, a function of the groups being studied, or is more generally applicable to Supreme Court litigation as a whole. Moreover ...
Contenido
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2 Interest Group Litigation | 17 |
3 Amicus Curiae Participation in the Supreme Court | 37 |
4 Amici Curiae and Judicial Decision Making | 75 |
5 Amici Curiae and the Consistency of Judicial Decision Making | 115 |
6 Amici Curiae and Dissensus on the Supreme Court | 139 |
7 Conclusions and Implications | 165 |
Data and Data Reliability | 187 |
References | 197 |
Table of Cases | 221 |
Index | 225 |
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