Friends of the Supreme Court

Interest Groups and Judicial Decision Making
Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-0-19-537214-4
Verlag: ACADEMIC

Buch, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 161 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 543 g

The U.S. Supreme Court is a public policy battleground in which organized interests attempt to etch their economic, legal, and political preferences into law through the filing of amicus curiae ("friend of the court") briefs. In Friends of the Supreme Court: Interest Groups and Judicial Decision Making, Paul M. Collins, Jr. explores how organized interests influence the justices' decision making, including how the justices vote and whether they choose to author concurrences and dissents. Collins presents theories of judicial choice derived from disciplines as diverse as law, marketing, political science, and social psychology. This theoretically rich and empirically rigorous treatment of decision-making on the nation's highest court, which represents the most comprehensive examination ever undertaken of the influence of U.S. Supreme Court amicus briefs, provides clear evidence that interest groups play a significant role in shaping the justices' choices.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Collins, Paul M

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Strafrecht, Internationales Verfahrensrecht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

- Author Biography

- Dedication

- Acknowledgements

- I. Introduction

- II. Interest Group Litigation

- III. Amicus Curiae Participation in the Supreme Court

- IV. Amici Curiae and Judicial Decision Making

- V. Amici Curiae and the Consistency of Judicial Decision Making

- VI. Amici Curiae and Dissensus on the Supreme Court

- VII. Conclusions and Implications

- Appendix: Data and Data Reliability

- References

- Table of Cases

- Index

Über Autor(innen)

Paul Collins is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of North Texas. In 2006, he was awarded the Council of Graduate Schools/University Microfilms International Award for the Most Distinguished Dissertation in the Social Sciences defended between July 2004 and June 2006.