The Politics of Precedent on the U.S. Supreme Court /

The Politics of Precedent on the U.S. Supreme Court / / James F. Spriggs, Thomas G. Hansford.

The Politics of Precedent on the U.S. Supreme Court offers an insightful and provocative analysis of the Supreme Court's most important task--shaping the law. Thomas Hansford and James Spriggs analyze a key aspect of legal change: the Court's interpretation or treatment of the precedents i...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Hansford, Thomas G.,
Spriggs, James F.,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©2006
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Figures and Tables
  • Acknowledgments
  • CHAPTER ONE. Introduction
  • CHAPTER TWO. Explaining the Interpretation of Precedent
  • CHAPTER THREE. Measuring the Interpretation of Precedent
  • CHAPTER FOUR. The Interpretation of Precedent over Time
  • CHAPTER FIVE. The Overruling of Precedent
  • CHAPTER SIX. The Interpretation of Precedent in Majority Opinions
  • CHAPTER SEVEN. Lower Federal Court Responses to the Supreme Court's Interpretation of Precedent
  • CHAPTER EIGHT. Concluding Remarks and Broader Implications
  • Appendix
  • References
  • Index

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