Stare Indecisis: The Alteration of Precedent on the Supreme Court, 1946-1992

by Harold J. Spaeth, Harold Spaeth, Saul Brenner

The concept of precedent is basic to the operation of the legal system, and this book is a full-length empirical study of why US Supreme Court justices have chosen to alter precedent. It attempts to analyse those decisions of the Vison, Warren and Burger Courts, as well as the first six terms of the Rehnquist Court - a span of 47 years (1946-1992) - that formally altered precedent. The authors summarize previous studies of precedent and the Court,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 052158552X
• ISBN13: 9780521585521
• Release Date: November 2006
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"