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 book attempts to fill this gap by analyzing those decisions of the Vinson, Warren, and Burgers courts, as well as the first six terms of the Rehnquist Court - a span of 47 years (1946-1992) - which formally altered precedent. The authors summarize...

• 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"