Crafting Law on the Supreme Court: The Collegial Game

by Forrest Maltzman, James F. Spriggs, Paul J. Wahlbeck, et al.

Book Overview

In Crafting Law on the Supreme Court, Maltzman, Spriggs, and Wahlbeck use material gleaned from internal memos circulated among justices on the U.S. Supreme Court to systematically account for the building of majority opinions. The authors argue that at the heart of this process are justices whose decisions are constrained by the choices made by the other justices. The portrait of the Supreme Court that emerges stands in sharp contrast to the conventional...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521783941
• ISBN13: 9780521783941
• Release Date: July 2000
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"