Introduction / Sheldon Goldman -- The influence of the Chief Justice in the decisional process of the Supreme Court / David J. Danelski -- An exploratory study of opinion assignment by the chief justice revisited / David J. Danelski -- The influence of the Chief Justice in the decisional process of the supreme court revisited : personality and leadership / David J. Danelski -- Selecting the chief : presidential calculation in appointing chief justices / Christine L. Nemacheck -- Confirming chiefs : ideology, opportunity, and the court's center chair / Kevin J. McMahon -- The Chief Justice and oral arguments at the U.S. Supreme Court / Timothy R. Johnson and Charles Gregory -- Forecasting opinion assignment on the U.S. Supreme Court / Paul J. Wahlbeck, Alyx Mark, Ryan Krog, and Phillip J. Wininger -- The Chief Justice and procedural power / Charles M. Cameron and Tom Clark -- Honeymoon on the court : chief justices and consensus building on the Supreme Court / Amy Steigerwalt, Pamela C. Corley, and Artemus Ward -- Genuine leader or merely "first among equals"? : probing the leadership capacity of the Chief Justice / Brandon L. Bartels and Phillip Wininger -- Herding scorpions : the Chief Justice as social leader / Ryan C. Black, Ryan J. Owens, and Justin Wedeking -- Troll-in-chief? : affective opinion content and the influence of the Chief Justice / Douglas Rice and Christopher Zorn -- Statutory interpretation and the Chief Justice : activism or judicial discretion? / Kirk A. Randazzo and Rebecca Reid -- The Chief Justice as administrative leader : explaining agenda size / Richard L. Vining Jr. and Teena Wilhelm -- Be careful with my court : |