The choices justices make

Epstein, Lee 1958- (Author). Knight, Jack, 1952- (Added Author).

Summary: Presents the argument that the decisions of justices can be explained as strategic behavior and not based merely on their own political preferences.

Record details

ISBN: 1568022263
ISBN: 9781568022260
Physical Description: print
xviii, 200 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Publisher: Washington, D.C. : CQ Press, ©1998.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

A strategic account of judicial decisions. Overview of the strategic account. Major components of the strategic account. -- Justices as policy seekers. Reasonableness of policy assumption. Exclusive focus on policy goals. Attainment of goals -- Strategic interaction. Bargaining. Forward thinking. Manipulating the agenda. Strategic opinion writing -- The institutional context. Institutions and the formation of expectations. The internal institutions of the Court. Separation of powers. The Court and the American people -- Implications of the strategic account. Implications for the emergence of law. Implications for the future study of Courts and law.