Majority Rule or Minority Will: Adherence to Precedent on the Us Supreme Court

by Harold J. Spaeth

Book Overview

This book examines the influence of precedent on the behavior of the US Supreme Court justices throughout the Court's history. Supreme Court justices almost always follow precedent, in that they always cite precedents for the positions they take. Because there are always precedents on either side of a case for justices to follow, following precedent does not mean that the justices are ever influenced by precedent. Employing the assumption that for...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521805716
• ISBN13: 9780521805711
• Release Date: February 2001
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 378 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.0"