Answering the call of the court : how justices and litigants set the Supreme Court agenda / Vanessa A. Baird

Author:: Baird, Vanessa A., 1970-
Published:: Charlottesville : University of Virginia Press, 2007.
Physical Description:: xii, 225 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

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Series:

Constitutionalism and democracy

Contents:

The Supreme Court in the U.S. legal system : appeals and case selection -- Explaining the Supreme Court's policy cycles -- Immigrants' rights, welfare, and federalism -- Cyclical patterns on the Supreme Court's agenda -- Corroborative analyses : the political and legal context of the Supreme Court -- The impact of moderate justices' preferences on the ideological placement of future cases.

Subject(s):

United States. Supreme Court
Judicial process—United States
Political questions and judicial power—United States

ISBN:

0813925827 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780813925820 (cloth : alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [201]-217) and index.

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