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

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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.

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United States. Supreme Court.
United States. Supreme Court.
USA > Oberster Gerichtshof.
Political questions and judicial power > United States.
Judicial process > Political aspects > United States.
Judicial process > Political aspects.
Political questions and judicial power.
United States.