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

• Autore: Baird Vanessa A. <1970->
• Pubblicazione: Charlottesville, : University of Virginia Press, 2007
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (241 p.)
• Disciplina: 347.73/26
• Soggetto topico: Judicial process - United States; Political questions and judicial power - United States
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [201]-217) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1 The Supreme Court in the U.S. Legal System: Appeals and Case Selection -- 2 Explaining the Supreme Court's Policy Cycles -- 3 Immigrants' Rights, Welfare, and Federalism -- 4 Cyclical Patterns on the Supreme Court's Agenda -- 5 Corroborative Analyses: The Political and Legal Context of the Supreme Court -- 6 The Impact of Moderate Justices' Preferences on the Ideological Placement of Future Cases -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.
• Sommario/riassunto: Baird argues that judicial policy-making power depends on the actions of policy entrepreneurs or other litigants who systematically respond to the priorities and preferences of Supreme Court justices.
• Titolo autorizzato: Answering the call of the court
• ISBN: 0-8139-3044-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910829027103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II