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

by Harold J. Spaeth and Saul Brenner

Book Overview

Although the concept of precedent is basic to the operation of the legal system, there has not yet been a full-length empirical study of why US Supreme Court justices have chosen to alter precedent.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521451884
• ISBN13: 9780521451888
• Release Date: April 1995
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"