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The psychology of the Supreme Court

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Wrightsman Lawrence S
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: Oxford New York
Publication Dates: 2006.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Series: American Psychology-Law Society series
Subjects:
United States. > Supreme Court
États-Unis. > Supreme Court
Conduct of court proceedings > United States > Psychological aspects
Political questions and judicial power > United States
Judicial process > United States > Psychological aspects
Processus judiciaire > États-Unis > Aspect psychologique
Direction des procédures judiciaires > États-Unis > Aspect psychologique
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire > États-Unis
Carrier Form: xi, 312 p.: ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 019530604X
9780195306040
Index Number: D971
CLC: D971.262
Call Number: D971.262/W954
Contents: Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-298) and index.
The Supreme Court: The Least Understood Branch -- The Selective Nature of Supreme Court Justices -- Steps in the Decision-Making Process -- Day to Day in the Life of the Court -- A Psychological Analysis of Decision Formation -- The Rational-Choice Model in Judicial Decision Making -- The Bush v. Gore Decision -- How Individual Justices Affect Decisions -- The Chief Justice: More Influential than Other Justices? -- Can the Courts Decisions Be Predicted? -- Evaluating the Process.

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