The Use of Social Science Data in Supreme Court Decisions

by Rosemary J. Erickson, Ph.D., Rita James Simon, Rita J. Simon, et al.

The legal community traditionally has drawn unsystematically and at will on the findings of social science, sometimes with unfortunate results. The authors of this study explore this issue by focusing on the way the United States Supreme Court uses social science data in reaching its decisions. Concentrating on decisions involving abortion, sex discrimination, and sexual harassment, they show that the use of such data has increased over the last twenty...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252066618
• ISBN13: 9780252066610
• Release Date: December 1997
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"