Decision: How the Supreme Court Decides Cases

by Bernard Schwarz and Bernard Schwartz

Book Overview

Decision days appear to outsiders as among the most dramatic events on the Supreme Court calendar. One thinks, for instance, of Chief Justice Earl Warren, reading the unanimous opinion in Brown v. Board of Education in a courtroom pervaded by tension. But the real drama of Brown and other Supreme Court cases may well have been what went on behind the scenes. Rarely do the arguments of counsel--brilliant though they may appear to the courtroom audience--dictate...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195098595
• ISBN13: 9780195098594
• Release Date: March 1996
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.4" x 9.5"