The conscientious justice : how Supreme Court justices' personalities influence the law, the high court, and the Constitution / Ryan C. Black, Michigan State University ; Ryan J. Owens, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Justin Wedeking, University of Kentucky ; Patrick C. Wohlfarth, University of Maryland.
Black, Ryan C., 1982- author.; Owens, Ryan J., 1976- author.; Wedeking, Justin, author.; Wohlfarth, Patrick C., author.
2020
KF8748 .B53 2020
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Title The conscientious justice : how Supreme Court justices' personalities influence the law, the high court, and the Constitution / Ryan C. Black, Michigan State University ; Ryan J. Owens, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; Justin Wedeking, University of Kentucky ; Patrick C. Wohlfarth, University of Maryland.
Author Black, Ryan C., 1982- author.
ISBN 9781316717554 (electronic book)
1316717550 (electronic book)
1316731839 (electronic book)
9781316731833 (electronic book)
9781107168718
Published Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, [2020]
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xii, 358 pages) : illustrations
Call Number KF8748 .B53 2020
Dewey Decimal Classification 347.73/26
Summary "All human beings have personalities that influence their behavior. Though it may surprise some to hear, United States Supreme Court justices are human beings. What this means, of course, is that justices have personalities that in uence their behavior and, in turn, legal development and the United States Constitution. If Court watchers want to understand the Court, they must understand how justices' personalities shape their behavior. The goal of this book is to establish that justices' personalities and, more specifically, their conscientiousness, influence judicial decision making"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Description based on print version record.
Added Author Owens, Ryan J., 1976- author.
Wedeking, Justin, author.
Wohlfarth, Patrick C., author.
Available in Other Form Conscientious justice.
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Introduction
A Theory About Justices and Conscientiousness
Measuring Justices' Conscientiousness
Conscientiousness and Supreme Court Agenda Setting
Conscientiousness and Legal Persuasion
Conscientiousness and the United States Solicitor General
Conscientiousness and Majority Opinion Assignments
Conscientiousness and Opinion Bargaining
Conscientiousness and Supreme Court Opinion
Conscientiousness and the Treatment of Precedent
Conscientiousness and Public Opinion
Conscientiousness and Recusal
Conclusion

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