Majority Rule or Minority Will: Adherence to Precedent on the Us Supreme Court
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This book examines the influence of precedent on the behavior of the US Supreme Court justices throughout the Court's history. Supreme Court justices almost always follow precedent, in that they always cite precedents for the positions they take. Because there are always precedents on either side of a case for justices to follow, following precedent does not mean that the justices are ever influenced by precedent. Employing the assumption that for precedent to be an influence on the behavior of justices, it must lead to a result they would not otherwise have reached, the authors show that precedent rarely controls the justices' votes.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521805716
ISBN13:9780521805711
Release Date:February 2001
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:378 Pages
Weight:0.05 lbs.
Dimensions:1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"
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