Case Selection in the United States Supreme Court

by Doris Marie Provine

For decades the Supreme Court has received more requests for review than it can possibly grant; it now rejects more than ninety percent of the petitions which fulfill jurisdictional requirements. Consequently, the process by which the justices select cases must be recognized as one of the most important aspects of the Court's work. But because it is hidden from public view and proceeds by secret ballot, the case-selection process has never been thoroughly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226684687
• ISBN13: 9780226684680
• Release Date: June 1980
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"